Six killed at family event in Mexican border city

The grip of violence tightened in Ciudad Juarez, where gunmen fatally shot six people at a family reunion, Mexican officials said Saturday.
Police did not know whether the incident early Saturday was related to drug cartels or organized crime, according to Carlos Gonzalez, a spokesman for the Chihuahua state attorney general.
Seven gunmen entered the home, which was hosting a party of family and friends, in the Melchor Ocampo district, according to the state-run Notimex news agency.
Four men died at the scene and two other victims died later at a hospital.
Killings are all too common on this border city across from El Paso, Texas.
An official with the Chihuahua justice department was gunned down October 4. A drive-by shooting a few days earlier left a police officer dead and two others wounded.
August was the deadliest month so far in Juarez, with more than 300 killed, while about 230 people died in September from gang-related violence, Mayor Jose Reyes Ferri said.