By Vin Gallo @ journalenquirer.com, 11 hrs. ago

EAST HARTFORD — Local police say they are considering their enforcement options in the East River Drive area after a gathering of between 500 and 1,000 people turned violent early Monday morning, leaving three victims with non-life threatening gunshot wounds and a business parking lot littered with trash.

Deputy Police Chief Christopher Davis said the department is looking into “what the response should be” as two of the three victims continue to recover at the hospital. The three victims, two New Britain women and one Hartford man, are in their 20s, police said, and were not the intended targets. The man and one of the women suffered head injuries due to a bullet graze, while the other woman was shot in the back.

Davis said that as of this morning no arrests have been made and no suspects in the case have been named. He added that one of the women has been released from the hospital, while the other two victims remain hospitalized in stable condition. Additionally, “it doesn’t appear” any of the three were targets of the unidentied shooter, Davis said. Police still are discussing whether to step up patrols in the East River Drive area, Davis said, explaining it “would be a possibility” and that the department needs to “discuss with the property owners and nd out what their desires are.” [....]