A targeted shooting inside a Spirit Halloween store in Northern California left a pregnant woman dead and six other people wounded, police said.
Gunfire rang out at about 8:30 p.m. Friday inside the store, which sells Halloween costumes and decor, at the Solano Town Center in Fairfield, the city police department said Saturday in a statement on Facebook.
The shooting “stemmed from a targeted incident involving one suspect,” police said.
The woman who died was identified by police as Constance Hages, 31, and family members told authorities she was pregnant.
Three male victims ages 16, 19 and 32 were in critical condition, and a 23-year-old man was hospitalized in critical but stable condition.
Two other men, ages 19 and 43, were treated for gunshot wounds and released from the hospital.
No arrests have been made. Authorities said they were reviewing video and other evidence “to identify the individual responsible for this heinous act of violence.”
The department said no additional information would be released at this time.
“We recognize the concern and uncertainty this incident has created throughout our community, particularly with the many Halloween events and celebrations planned for today,” the department said. “We understand that an incident of this nature is frightening and deeply unsettling. We encourage everyone to remain vigilant, look out for one another, and report any suspicious activity.”
Solano Town Center, which has 130 stores and restaurants, remained open but said it was canceling its planned trick-or-treating event scheduled for later in the day “in light of last night's event.”
“We appreciate your patience and understanding during this time,” the mall said in a statement.
The FBI’s Sacramento office said it was assisting Fairfield police in the investigation.
Fairfield, a city of some 120,000 residents, is about 37 miles (60 kilometers) southwest of Sacramento and halfway between there and San Francisco.
This story has been updated to correct that Fairfield is southwest of Sacramento, not northeast.
In this photo taken from video provided by KXTV on Saturday, Oct. 31, 2026, police vehicles are seen outside a Spirit Halloween store in Fairfield, Calif. (KXTV via AP)
NEW DELHI (AP) — India’s opposition parties on Sunday renewed calls for the resignation of the country’s election chief, staging fresh protests in the latest display of public dissent against Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government.
The protest, called by opposition bloc INDIA, drew tens of thousands of demonstrators, some carrying musical instruments and waving various flags, as they chanted slogans against the policies of the central government. Several opposition parties of the alliance, formed in 2023 to unseat Modi, mobilized their cadres from different states for the protest, which comes weeks after a police crackdown on protesters in New Delhi.
Led by Rahul Gandhi, leader of the main opposition Congress party, and backed by the youth “Cockroach” movement, the protesters called for the safeguarding of India’s democracy while demanding the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar over a contentious voter roll revision.
The protesters gathered at Ramlila Maidan, a sprawling public square in New Delhi, after police last month withdrew Jantar Mantar from the list of officially designated venues for demonstrations. The historic observatory had long served as the capital’s main protest site.
Authorities deployed thousands of police and paramilitary soldiers and mounted extensive surveillance, with more than 200 CCTV cameras, drones and body-worn cameras at the venue and along the protest route, officials said.
The ongoing review of voter lists has removed more than 130 million names since last year. Critics say the exercise is politically motivated, threatens to disenfranchise millions more, and has disproportionately affected minorities, particularly Muslims.
The Election Commission and Modi’s administration deny the allegations and say the revision is intended to remove duplicate and ineligible entries.
Human Rights Watch on Thursday said the accusations over the voter roll revision raise “serious questions about the fairness of future Indian elections.”
“The authorities should immediately scrap the voter roll revision process that has denied India’s most marginalized people their right to vote and other government services,” said Elaine Pearson, the group’s Asia director, in a statement.
The call for Kumar’s resignation has for weeks been a rallying cry for opposition parties and supporters of the Cockroach Janta Party seeking to challenge Modi’s Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party, or BJP. Opposition parties, mainly the Congress, say the ruling BJP has undertaken systemic manipulation of the electoral process, accusing the party of “vote chori”, or vote theft.
Modi has not publicly commented on the protests. Some of his party leaders have dismissed the demonstrators as “anarchists” and suggested, without offering evidence, that they are backed by foreign powers.
In July, protests led by the youth “cockroach” movement forced the resignation of Modi’s education minister, a rare setback for Modi, who has been in power for more than 12 years. The movement began as an online satirical campaign this summer after India’s chief justice compared unemployed young people to parasites.
Suresh Sharma, a protester from northern Haryana state, said the country’s system needed reform as democracy was being throttled.
The process of voter roll revision needs to be scrapped, Sharma said, adding: “We demand that Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar resign and be arrested.”
Protesters take a break during a rally called by the Congress party and its allies against the revision of electoral rolls in New Delhi, India, Sunday, Nov. 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)
A poster showing Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is carried during a protest called by the Congress party and its allies against the revision of electoral rolls in New Delhi, Sunday, Nov. 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)
India's opposition Congress party leader Rahul Gandhi, center, in a vehicle with other opposition leaders, greets supporters during a protest called by his party and its allies against the revision of electoral rolls in New Delhi, India, Sunday, Nov. 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Prabhat Mehrotra)
A banner displaying a portrait of India's election chief Gyanesh Kumar is visible during a protest called by the Congress party and its allies against the revision of electoral rolls in New Delhi, India, Sunday, Nov. 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)
India's opposition Congress party leader Rahul Gandhi, standing at right in the first vehicle with other opposition leaders, waves at the supporters during a protest called by his party and its allies against the revision of electoral rolls in New Delhi, Sunday, Nov. 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Vipin)
People shout slogans at a protest called by the Congress party and its allies against the revision of electoral rolls begins in New Delhi, Sunday, Nov. 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)
People shout slogans at a protest called by the Congress party and its allies against the revision of electoral rolls begins in New Delhi, Sunday, Nov. 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)
Security personnel keep watch as a protest called by the Congress party and its allies against the revision of electoral rolls begins in New Delhi, Sunday, Nov. 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)
Protesters in traditional costumes wait to start a march called by the Congress party and its allies against the revision of electoral rolls in New Delhi, Sunday, Nov. 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)
People shout slogans at a protest called by the Congress party and its allies against the revision of electoral rolls begins in New Delhi, Sunday, Nov. 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)
