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| Unknown gunmen open fire on crowd of several hundred people in US | |
| 2024-10-21 | |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. [Regnum] At least three people were killed and eight more were injured when unknown gunmen opened fire on a crowd of several hundred people celebrating the victory of a team of former school graduates in a football game in the US state of Mississippi. This was reported on October 19 by the Associated Press. The incident occurred early in the morning of October 19, a few kilometers from the city of Lexington in Holmes County. According to preliminary information, two unknown people opened fire on a crowd of 200 to 300 people. The crowd was celebrating the victory of the school's senior football team. The event took place in an open area several hours after the end of the game. As local Sheriff Willie March said, the shooting was preceded by a fight between some men at the celebration, the reasons for the conflict are unknown. At the sound of gunshots, people became scared, began to run away, a crush arose, preventing them from quickly leaving the scene of the shooting. As a result of the incident, three people died, two of them were 19 years old, the third was 25 years old. Eight victims were airlifted to nearby hospitals. The shooters are being sought, an investigation has been launched, and the circumstances of the tragedy are being established. An unnamed spokesman for the Mississippi Bureau of Investigation explained that the shooters' motives remain unknown. It is noted that shootings have become more frequent in Holmes County, and the local sheriff doubts that the young men could be fighting over territory or drugs. Earlier, Regnum News Agency reported that on the evening of October 12, a shootout occurred near the state university in Nashville (Tennessee, USA), as a result of which one person died and nine were injured. The incident occurred after a party, and the shooting began while returning home. One of the victims was a child. In September, an 11-year-old teenager was arrested in the US state of Florida after he made threats to commit mass murder at several schools. After his arrest, the teenager called his threats a joke, but police officers searched his home. As a result of the search, airsoft rifles and pistols, dummy ammunition, and several bladed weapons were seized from the teenager.
According to Sheriff Willie March, it happened around midnight Saturday near North Highway 17, just 5 miles outside of Lexington. The sheriff said it happened following Holmes County Consolidated School's homecoming. According to March, locals were on the trail ride when a shooter opened fire into the crowd following some sort of altercation. The sheriff has identified the three victims as 25-year-old Martel Gibson, 19-year-old Shundra Chestnut, and 19-year-old John Jenkins. Youts Deputies said several other victims injured were airlifted to local area hospitals. Investigators believe the suspect acted with a switch on their gun. | |
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