CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (AP) — Two people were injured when gunfire broke out during a high school graduation commencement in Missouri, causing hundreds of people to scatter and forcing the ceremony to be postponed.
The shooting happened around 2:30 p.m. Sunday in Cape Girardeau, a city of 40,000 residents about 115 miles (185 km) south of St. Louis. The two people injured were not students. Both are expected to survive, police said in a statement.
Police said an altercation between two people led to the shooting inside the Show Me Center. School resource officers detained one person and assisted the two victims, who were hospitalized with what police described as non life-threatening injuries.
“During our graduation ceremony today at the Show Me Center, an altercation occurred forcing us to stop the ceremony and evacuate the building,” Cape Girardeau Public Schools Superintendent Howard Benyon said in a statement. He said the ceremony will be rescheduled.
Police said a person of interest was in custody. Charges had not been filed as of Monday morning.
Related articles:
Related suggestion:
Are visitors judging YOUR home? Here are the 14 things experts say make it look tacky...Alabama lawmakers approve legislation to ensure President Biden is on the November ballotSpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft returns to Earth with scientific experimentsJeremiah Manele elected as Solomon Islands' new PM: Governor GeneralSickening moment father made his sixMidea reports 10% revenue increase in Q1Chinese embassy urges US, UK and Australia to stop forming exclusionary blocsVenezuelan workers march to support president, slam US sanctionsIran reiterates commitment to IAEA cooperationChinese vice president meets Argentine foreign minister
1.5967s , 6500.21875 kb
Copyright © 2024 Powered by Shooting injures 2 at Missouri high school graduation ceremony ,Culture Quest news portal