GUNMEN shot a woman dead and injured eight more after opening fire at a mum-to-be's 'gender reveal' party.
The celebration party in Ohio, US, turned into a tragic bloodbath, with three children among the injured, at about 11pm on Saturday.
One pregnant woman is believed to have lost her unborn child in the horror, American media report.
Cops hunting the shooters have said the motive for the attack is unknown.
The woman killed at the party was named as 22-year-old Autum Garrett of Indiana, WCPO reports.
Public information officer for Colerain Township Police, Jim Love, said: "You’re hoping that there won’t be situations like this.
"These are the nights that you look back on and you regret that they ever happened. This will be one of those nights."
The youngsters, aged two, six and eight did not reportedly suffer life-threatening injuries.
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Two adult victims are in a "serious but stable" condition.
Witnesses had told 999 operators that masked men stormed into a home and opened fire.
Neighbour Cheyenne Sizemore told WCPO she heard six or seven gunshots.
She added: "At first I thought it was just fireworks, because they were lighting off fireworks.
"Then I saw a woman run out of the house screaming, 'Call 911,' and that's when I jumped out of bed, locked all the doors, and I did call 911."
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