One individual was killed and 4 folks have been wounded in a shootout and subsequent regulation enforcement response at a Mississippi competition Saturday night time, the Hinds County sheriff mentioned.
Gunfire erupted simply earlier than 10 p.m. at the Mississippi Mudbug Festival at the Mississippi State Fairgrounds in Jackson, Sheriff Tyree Jones mentioned at a late-night news convention.
Three of the wounded folks have been stabilized at a hospital, he mentioned. The situation of the fourth individual was not accessible.
An officer additionally fired his weapon, Jones mentioned, probably hanging and killing an individual who might have allegedly been concerned in the unique outburst of gunfire.
The officer’s id and company haven’t been launched. He was not bodily injured, Jones mentioned.
Authorities have recovered a rifle, a pistol and rounds of various calibers at the scene, the sheriff mentioned.
Two folks, described as juveniles, have been detained for questioning, though the sheriff mentioned he believes they’ve information of what occurred or have been allegedly concerned.
Authorities have been checking space hospitals to see if any have handled different injured folks from the competition violence.
Jones mentioned there was an alternate of gunfire and at least one shooter fired in to an space the place there was a crowd, however mentioned no different accidents have been reported there.
He decried the violence at what he mentioned was a “family oriented” occasion. The competition, which was scheduled Wednesday by Sunday, celebrates the height season for crawfish and contains musical acts.
The annual occasion is hosted by the state of Mississippi. Jones mentioned a number of regulation enforcement businesses have been at the scene earlier than the taking pictures befell.
A motive for the taking pictures was not identified and the investigation is ongoing.
