From Bill Lindelof:
A fight involving about 25 people armed with knives and baseball bats in an unincorporated part of Placer County near Auburn resulted in the injury to at least five people, including three who were apparently hit by someone fleeing the scene in a car, a sheriff's spokesman said Thursday.
The fight broke out about 8 p.m. Wednesday when two groups gathered in parking area between fourplex residences in Auburn Greens, a housing area located near Highway 49 between Dry Creek Road and Bell Road. During the confrontation, shots were fired into the air, the spokesman said.
No one sustained injury from the shots but a driver struck three people in an effort to speed away from the scene.
"The two groups know each other and apparently have some past disagreements," said Placer County Sheriff's Department spokesman Jeff Ausnow. "For unknown reasons, those disagreements came to a head. These groups began yelling and fighting with each other."
At one point, one person fired two shots with a .45-caliber handgun into the air to scare away one group.
"That didn't work," said Ausnow. "People continued to fight. There were people hit with baseball bats. At least two people had superficial knife wounds."
One of the three hit by the car was severely injured and was taken Sutter Roseville Medical Center. He underwent surgery for injury to one of his hands, while the other two injured were treated and released.
Deputies believe that most of the participants live in the general area of Auburn Greens. The investigative process was slowed as deputies obtained translators to interview witnesses who spoke only Spanish, Ausnow said.
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