BREAKING NEWS! Three people are dead and nine others wounded after a mass shooting during a Halloween party at a home in California. Police and firefighters were called to the house in Long Beach on Tuesday at about 10.45pm following reports of multiple shots being fired. Three men aged in their 20s were found dead in the backyard of a house behind a nail salon. Five other victims were taken to hospital with life-threatening injuries and another four were also later transported to hospital. At least one suspect opened fire at the house and fled the scene, according to authorities. Investigators were unable to give a motive for the shooting, provide a description of the shooter or shooters, and could not say whether they fled on foot or in a vehicle. Three bodies were visible on the ground as paramedics were treating people on a grassy area outside a nail salon before loading them into ambulances, ABC7 reports. 😱

Three people have been killed in the devastating California wildfires this week, as it's revealed the latest Getty Fire was sparked by a tree branch that fell on a power line. Homeless Santa Cruz woman Deseire Quintero, 55, was fatally crushed by a falling tree on Sunday. Fresno couple Edward and Iva Poulson were killed when a tree fell in vicious 30mph winds on their red Jeep in Bass Lake Monday night, leading their vehicle to veer off an embankment and hit more trees. Officials released dashcam footage of the moment that blaze first ignited around 1.30am Monday night on the west side of Sepulveda Pass, stressing the blaze was not the result of faulty equipment. On Wednesday thousands of people in the Getty Fire burn area remained evacuated as dry and sustained winds of up to 55mph beat the area and tested firefighters. At the moment the fire is just 15 percent contained. One firefighter was injured in the flames Tuesday night and about 18 buildings were reportedly destroyed, according to USA Today. 🔥