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Seven people have been rushed to hospital after a shooting near the US-Mexico border in Arizona.
Cops were called to South J. Edward Drive in Yuma, Arizona, just before 11pm on Saturday night. They found several people injured at the gathering.
Yuma Police Department are still trying to track down a suspect, but believe there is no wider threat to the community.
This comes just days after 300 unprocessed migrants, who had arrived at the border city, were released by officials.
It's unclear if the shooting is linked to the recent migrant crossings.
The release of the hundreds of migrants coincided with the end of Title 42, and the lifting of a Trump-era restriction designed to prevent the spread of COVID-19.
The result was that Customs and Border Protection (CBP) had been holding as many as 28,000 migrants at its facilities, far beyond its capacity, according to a local official.
Immigrants speak to U.S. Border Patrol agents in the early morning hours after crossing into Arizona from Mexico on May 10, 2023 in Yuma, Arizona
On Thursday, the mayor of Yuma announced that CBP was
