Five people wounded in Lowell drive-by shooting
Lowell police said five people — three men and two women — were wounded in a barrage of gunfire in a drive-by shooting on a residential street Sunday night. Police responded to an address on Smith Street. at 9:33 p.m. Sunday, said Lowell police Captain Kelly Richardson. The five people shot were 22 to 28 years old, he said. They were transported to Lowell General Hospital with injuries that were not believed to be life-threatening, Richardson said. Richardson said no arrests have been made in the case. No one answered the door Sunday night at the three-family home where the shooting occurred. There was blood on the sidewalk leading to the porch, where there were beer bottles, sodas, a liquor bottle, cigarettes, and a pair of eyeglasses. Neighbors said they heard between six and eight gunshots, the Globe reported Monday morning.
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