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Four People Shot at Party at Lakewood Sports Complex

Four people were shot and suffered serious injuries during a party at a sports complex in Lakewood, New Jersey, police said late Saturday night.

The shooting at the Brook Road Sports Complex around 9:30 p.m. left the victims -- three men and a woman ages between 24 and 53 -- with chest, leg and arm injuries. None of the wounds are considered life-threatening.

At least two of the victims drove themselves to the hospital, law enforcement sources said, adding that a car was found at the hospital with a weapon inside. It was not clear if that was the suspect's car or not, though.

Two of the four victims are expected to be sent to Jersey Shore Medical Center for further treatment.

Lakewood Police subsequently made three arrests in the course of their investigation -- a 25-year-old man who allegedly tried to conceal a firearm while leaving the scene, and two women ages 20 and 21 who were charged with possession of a controlled dangerous substance. 

Violent crime has been on a steady rise in Lakewood, where the population has more than doubled in the last 30 years to become one of the largest cities in the state.

There were 170 violent crimes in the town in 2015, according to FBI data, nearly double the number of two years previously.

Lakewood also made international news earlier this summer after 26 members of the town's dominant Orthodox Jewish community were arrested for welfare fraud. 

Those arrests spurred anti-Semitic attacks in the town, police say, including the vandalism of a synagogue. 

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