Authorities in Texas are investigating after seven people including a juvenile were shot at a trail ride pasture party near Prairie View A&M University during the school's homecoming activities.
The university is about 60 miles northwest of Houston.
According to the Waller County Sheriff's Office, deputies responded to a shots fired call just after 10 p.m. Sunday to a rural area about a mile east of campus and found four women, two men and a male juvenile suffering from gunshot wounds.
All seven victims suffered non life-threatening gunshot wounds to "their lower extremities," according to the release.
Officials did not release the victims' ages and it was not immediately known if any of the victims are students at the university.
USA TODAY has reached out to the sheriff's office and the university.
As of Tuesday Nov. 7, no arrest has been made in the case and the gunman remains at large.
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The victims were among more than a thousand people who attended the event, officials wrote in a news release.
A preliminary investigation, law enforcement reported, revealed an unidentified gunman opened fire at the event that was being held in conjunction with a Prairie View homecoming party.
A motive in the shooting was not immediately known, but according to sheriff's investigators some people attending the party were engaged in a verbal dispute when a firearm was discharged several times, striking the victims.
According to the release, security at the event was handled by Waller County constables and an unknown private security agency.
"None of the security protocols that were established by the permitting body and agreed to by the promoter were found to be followed at the time of the incident," officials wrote.
The shooting remains an open and active investigation.
Anyone with information about the case is asked to contact the sheriff's office.
Natalie Neysa Alund is a senior reporter for USA TODAY. Reach her at [email protected] and follow her on X @nataliealund.
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