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Police are searching for the shooter or shooters who gunned down three people at a child’s birthday party Sunday night.

The shooting occurred at 10 p.m. at a home located near Northeast 143rd and Sixth Avenue. North Miami Police said someone fired shots through a fence into a crowd of party-goers in the backyard. The three people who were wounded by the gunfire are recovering at Jackson Memorial Hospital. The two men and one woman are all expected to be OK.

The party-goers, who were celebrating a child’s second birthday, never saw the shooter so police do not have much information to go on. “We don’t have a description of a shooter or shooters at this point and we’re trying to find out who the people responsible for this are,” said North Miami Police Lieutenant Neal Cuevas.

One neighbor feels uneasy about the shooting occurring near her home. “I feel very bad because that could actually have been one of my family members,” said Felicia Coward.

North Miami Police are not sure if the shooting was gang-related, but they say they know they have a gang problem in the area.