GUNFIRE erupted at a community center where families had gathered to escape the heat in Ohio on Wednesday.
A woman is dead after a trail of blood led cops to three victims at the Glenwood Community Center in Columbus.
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Cops arrived at the Glenwood Community Center to find two people had been shot.
Columbus Police Assistant Chief LaShanna Potts said officers then followed a trail of blood and found a third victim.
Two of the victims were female and one was a male.
One of the female victims died from her injuries.
One of the other victims is in serious condition, and the other is stable, according to police.
The victims were all in their late teens or early adult years, cops said.
No motive for the shooting has been revealed.
Police are exploring the possibility that there may have been multiple shooters.
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Witnesses told a local ABC affiliate that an argument unfolded in the parking lot of the center, resulting in shots fired.
“Tragically, when arguments turn to violence, violence turns to using weapons, this is what you have,” Potts told the outlet.
Heartbreaking video from outside the center showed a dad crying after he was reunited with his daughter following the shooting.
The community center was being used as a cooling center as a heatwave affects the region.
Over 117,000 residents across the state of Ohio lacked power as of Wednesday evening.
“It’s 90 degrees so all the cooling centers were filled to capacity,” the assistant police chief said.
“Unfortunately when you have people who handle problems with a weapon, we’re going to see this.”
Potts stressed that the cooling centers are safe, but that police “want you to leave your guns at home.”
Anyone with information about the shooting was urged to contact police.
