Lawrence, Massachusetts was shaken early Monday morning when gunfire erupted on Bennington Street, leaving one person dead and several injured, as reported by NBC Boston. The incident, which took place at about 1 a.m., drew a heavy police presence to the scene, along with investigators which the WCVB reports were searching a residence and had cordoned off a section of the street with police tape.

In a display of local distress, Kyle Clark, a resident living merely two blocks from the chaos, told NBC Boston, "That's crazy to me," and admitted, "I'm shocked right now," as the community struggles to grasp the violent disruption that has beset their neighborhood. Despite the frenetic activity that night, it remains unclear if any arrests have been made in the wake of the shooting.

Evidence of the ordeal came from home surveillance video, capturing a young woman arriving home who, shortly after hearing gunshots, is seen entering her residence, narrowly missing a man, believed to be the shooter, as he was walking away from the scene. The woman in the video was fortunate to escape injury, and the chaos of the moment was compounded by the terror of an older lady's screams, followed by the echo of five shots, one witness recounted to WCVB.