Police say a 14-year-old boy is dead after being shot during a graduation party Saturday night in Woodbury.
Published reports asay family member identified the teen as Demaris Nathan Hobbs-Ekdahl, who just finished his freshman yearn at Tartan High School and lived with his family in Maplewood.
They also said the boy went to the party with his brother.
There were about forty people at the party near the 6100 block of Edgewood Avenue when shots rang out around 10:45 p.m.
Police say the shooters knew each other and it was not a random act.
Two vehicles, a white SUV and a large black vehicle, believed to be involved in the shooting were seen leaving the area.
Police say they are aware of other scenes in nearby Maplewood and Oakdale in which vehicles of those descriptions were involved.
There has been no indication on what those "other scenes" are.
There are no arrests in the shooting.
Several houses were struck by gunfire, and there were no other injuries reported.
A GoFundMe page has been established to help the family pay for funeral expenses.