Eight people were shot late Monday at a homeless encampment near East Lake Street and 28th Avenue South in Minneapolis.

Police say the gunfire erupted just after 10 p.m., with authorities confirming four victims with life-threatening injuries and four others with apparent non-life-threatening wounds.

A Minneapolis police officer working off-duty at the nearby Target store was approached by people running in to say there had been gunfire outside. The officer went out and heard more shots coming from the encampment. Responding officers found multiple victims both in tents and outside the encampment.