As many as 15 gunmen stormed into a house party in Juarez, Mexico, in the early hours of Sunday morning and opened fire, killing at least 13 people and injuring 13 others in one of the deadliest attacks the city has seen this year, a police official said. The shooting happened around 12:30 a.m. in southern Juarez, police spokesman Jacinto Seguro told CNN.
"Witnesses said the gunmen arrived in seven cars, closing down the streets and blocking exits," Seguro said. "They then stormed into the party and began shooting as the group was watching a soccer game," he said, adding that windshields and windows on the cars were darkly tinted.
The victims' ages were between 14 and 19, Seguro said. No other information about the victims was immediately available.
"We're still trying to establish a motive," Seguro said.
More than 100 AK-47 bullet casings were found around the crime scene, Seguro said.The AK-47 -- known in Mexico by its slang name of "cuerno de chivos," meaning "goat's horn," in reference to the gun's banana-shaped clip -- is the weapon of choice for drug cartels.
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