Police in Florida say eight people were shot during a Martin Luther King Jr. Day event, with one of the victims listed in critical condition.
Associated PressPolice in Florida said eight people were shot during an Martin Luther King Jr. Day event, with one of the victims listed in critical condition. Video contains graphic language.event, with one of the victims listed in critical condition.
“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 said. “It was mass chaos, as you can imagine, when shots rang out," Hester said. “There were a thousand plus people here at the event, and as the shots rang out, people were just running in all directions."
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