The St. Lucie County Sheriff’s Office confirmed all the victims in the early evening shooting in Fort Pierce were adults, WPBF-TV reported.
FORT PIERCE, Fla. — Police in Florida said eight people were shot Monday during an MLK Jr. Day 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.”The sheriff’s office said two deputies at the event responded immediately and aided victims, WPBF-TV reported.
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