<div style="text-align: justify; "><b style="font-size: 1rem;">Six people including a 17-year-old mother and her 6-month-old baby — were killed in a shooting early Monday at a home in central California, and authorities are searching for at least two suspects, sheriff’s officials said.</b><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Deputies responded around 3:30 a.m. to reports of multiple shots fired at the residence in unincorporated Goshen, just east of Visalia, the Tulare County Sheriff’s Office said.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">“Actually the report was that an active shooter was in the area because of the number of shots that were being fired,” Sheriff Mike Boudreaux told reporters.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Deputies found two victims dead in the street and a third person fatally shot in the doorway of the residence, Boudreaux said.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Three more victims were found inside the home, including a man who was still alive but later died at a hospital, he said.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The sheriff said investigators are searching for at least two suspects. They believe there is a gang connection to the killings. The sheriff’s office conducted a narcotics-related search warrant at the residence last week, Boudreaux said.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">“We also believe this was not a random act of violence. We believe this was a targeted family,” he said.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Goshen is a semi-rural community of about 3,000 residents 35 miles (56 kilometres) southeast of Fresno in the agricultural San Joaquin Valley. AP/UNB</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">bnbd24/kh</div>