Gunshots kill two people in Amsterdam park at the end of New Year's Day

Police in Amsterdam were investigating a shooting in a park that left two people dead on New Year's Day. Authorities have not said whether a suspect was taken into custody, nor if any individuals were being sought in connection with the violence.

The two victims were killed on Brug 721, a bridge spanning Christoffel Plantijngracht in the Piet Wiedijkpark. The incident happened at about 11:45 p.m. as the first day of the year came to an end, police said on social media.

Dispatchers sent police officers to the scene along with two medical trauma teams, one of which was sent by helicopter. Paramedics drove three ambulances to the location in the Osdorp neighborhood of Amsterdam Nieuw-West.

Attempts to revive the victims were unsuccessful, and the two individuals were pronounced dead at the scene. Information about the victims' identities was not immediately released, and it was not clear if the two people who died knew each other.

Police officers leading the investigation also did not release a description of a wanted suspect on any public channels available to them. No requests for public assistance were made in the immediate aftermath.

"The area has been cordoned off for investigation. More information will follow later this morning," police said during the overnight hours on Friday.