KANKAKEE, Ill. (CBS) -- Two brothers were killed and five other people were wounded in a mass shooting at a New Year's Day house party early Wednesday in Kankakee.
Police said around 4:05 a.m., officers responded to reports of gunfire at 1845 Pierson Parkway, and when they arrived, they found several people running out of a New Year's party.
Four gunshot victims were found at the scene, and were taken to local hospitals. Police said three other gunshot victims took themselves to local hospitals.
Two men were later pronounced dead at the hospital â 22-year-old Quaysean T. Isom, of Kankakee, and 20-year-old Trevontae Ellis, of Pembroke Township, according to the Kankakee County Coroner's office.
Kankakee Police Chief Christopher Kidwell said one of the surviving victims was in critical condition. The other four people's injuries were not life-threatening. The victims range in age from 20 to 33.
The two men who died were brothers. Their mother said she is driving up from Mississippi to see where her two sons were killed.
Police believe more than 30 rounds were fired inside the home, and multiple calibers of shell casings were recovered, suggesting more than one person fired shots.
Witnesses said there were at least 50 people in the small home at the time of the shooting.
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