Little Rock (USA). At least one person was killed and 24 people, including children, were injured in a shooting during a car show in the US’s southeastern Arkansas on Saturday evening. police gave this information. Arkansas State Police said in a release Sunday that one accused has been taken into custody and is looking for others who opened fire on the crowd on Saturday evening.
Additional information, including the condition of the injured, was not immediately available. Dumas city police chief Keith Finch told reporters that several children were injured in the shootings, but the number was not clear. One person has been taken into custody, but several people are feared to be involved in the firing, he said.
Arkansas State Police spokesman Bill Sadler said soldiers were fired at around 7.25 p.m. Saturday after receiving information about shots fired outside the venue during a car show in Dumas, 90 miles (about 144 kilometers) south of Little Rock. was sent there.
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According to the organizer ‘Delta Neighborhood Empowerment Youth Organisation’, this car show is a community event, organized every spring to raise funds for the supply of essential supplies in schools besides scholarships. Chief organizer Wallace McGhee offered condolences to the families of the victims of the shootings.
He said, “Such an incident is a tragedy. We have been organizing this car show for the past 16 years without any problem.” Other details, including the condition of the injured and the reason behind the attack, are yet to be revealed. (agency)