8 people shot at Martin Luther King Jr. Day event in Florida, sheriff's office says - CBS News

At slightest 8 radical were changeable astatine a Martin Luther King, Jr. Day solemnisation successful Fort Pierce, Florida, the St. Lucie County Sheriff's bureau said. 

One idiosyncratic is successful captious information and 4 others were injured successful the chaos pursuing the gunfire, according to the sheriff's office.

Shots were fired implicit a "disagreement of immoderate sort" pursuing "MLK Car Show and Family Fun Day" astatine Ilous Ellis Park, said St. Lucie County Sheriff's Office Chief Deputy Brian Hester. Eight radical were taken to the infirmary with gunshot wounds, Hester said. Updates connected the conditions of the 7 who were not successful captious information were not instantly provided.

It was not wide if anybody was successful custody oregon if a fishy oregon suspects had been identified, but Hester said constabulary are pursuing aggregate leads and tips from the community. Hester said that grounds indicated determination was apt much than 1 shooter.

All 8 radical who suffered gunshot wounds were adults and 1 of the radical injured successful the aftermath of the shooting was a juvenile, Hester said.

Two deputies had been providing information for the event, Hester said, but neither was capable to spot the shooter oregon shooters. Both deputies rendered assistance to victims, Hester said.

Hester added that it was "unfortunate and bittersweet that during a solemnisation for idiosyncratic who represented bid and equality that a disagreement results successful a usage of guns and unit to lick that disagreement."

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