A man was hospitalized in serious condition late Saturday night after someone inside a vehicle fired into a crowd outside a Halloween party in the Red Bird area of Dallas, police said.

Halloween party shooting in Dallas What we know: Dallas Police Department officers responded at 11:51 p.m. to reports of a shooting at 100 West Laureland Road, near the South R.L. Thornton Freeway southbound service road.

Arriving officers encountered a large, hostile crowd and worked to secure the scene.