'We heard tons of bullets': Neighbors describe terrifying house party shooting

DENVER— One person is dead, and seven others are injured after a shooting at a house party in the Sherrelwood neighborhood of Denver in Adams County. Denver7 interviewed the parents of the 16-year-old who’s at Swedish Medical Center in Englewood. They say he’s fighting for his life. He underwent two surgeries and are hoping and praying he will survive. The teen’s parents were told by detectives not to talk with the media right now for safety reasons, so Denver7 is respecting their wishes and not sharing their interview. “We heard tons of bullets. Like you could hear the screaming. You can hear the glass breaking,” said family friend of a victim Annette Martinez. “It was like a shootout.” Martinez says the teen lives in the home where the shooting happened with his mom and siblings. Martinez lost her son to gun violence last year, so she says this situation is a tough one to bear. “He’s in the hospital fighting for his life. As a grieving mother you never want another parents to go through what you went through,” said Martinez. “Especially being a family friend, it hits close to home.”