FORT PIERCE, Fla. (AP) — Police in Florida mentioned eight people have been shot throughout an Martin Luther King Jr. Day event, with one of many victims listed in critical situation.
The St. Lucie County Sheriff’s Office confirmed all of the victims within the Monday capturing in Fort Pierce have been adults, WPBF-TV reported.
The capturing occurred at Ilous Ellis Park at 5:20 p.m. throughout an MLK Car Show and Family Fun Day, which the sheriff’s workplace mentioned was attended by greater than 1,000 people, the TV station reported.
“Multiple people were shot, it sounds like from our initial investigation here on scene there was a disagreement of some sort between two parties, and unfortunately, they chose to resolve that with guns,” St. Lucie County Chief Deputy Brian Hester mentioned.
Police mentioned 4 people together with a baby sustained non-life-threatening accidents throughout the ensuing confusion, the station reported.
(*8*) Hester mentioned. “There were a thousand plus people here at the event, and as the shots rang out, people were just running in all directions.”
The sheriff’s workplace mentioned two deputies at the event responded instantly and aided victims, WPBF-TV reported.
Video obtained by the station confirmed people ducking, working and hiding behind vehicles, together with a girl working to security whereas holding a child.
“It’s really sad in a celebration of someone who represented peace and equality that a disagreement results in a use of guns and violence to solve that disagreement, and that’s what’s really sad to me about what happened here,” Hester mentioned. “And then so many innocent people who were injured or hurt and were not part of the disagreement as well.”
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