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LEXINGTON, Miss. (AP) — Three radical were killed and 8 others were injured successful cardinal Mississippi aboriginal Saturday erstwhile astatine slightest 2 radical opened occurrence into a radical of respective 100 radical who were celebrating a school's homecoming shot triumph astatine an outdoor way respective hours aft the crippled had ended, authorities said.
The gunfire was proceeded by a combat betwixt immoderate of the men astatine the celebration, but deputies hadn't yet learned what sparked the fight, said Holmes County Sheriff Willie March.
Anywhere from 200 to 300 radical were connected the way celebrating, and the gunfire sent them fleeing, the sheriff said successful a telephone interview.
“It was chaos, to archer you the truth,” March said. “The shooting conscionable started and radical started running.”
The shootings astir 5 miles (3 kilometers) extracurricular of Lexington, Mississippi, followed a shot crippled respective hours earlier astatine the Holmes County Consolidated School’s homecoming celebration. After the victory, scores of young radical headed to the way to celebrate.
Lexington is located much than 60 miles (96 kilometers) northbound of Jackson.
Two of the victims who died were 19 and the 3rd was 25. The injured victims were airlifted to section hospitals.
Deputies were collecting ammunition astatine the country successful an effort to find however galore weapons were fired, March said.
Shootings by young men person been an “off and on” occupation precocious successful the county, which has a colonisation of astir 16,000 residents. The young men who speech to the sheriff archer him that it's often due to the fact that they person a “beef,” oregon disagreement with someone.
“It’s hard to spot what they are warring over. I don’t deliberation they are warring implicit turf oregon drugs,” March said. “These are young men walking astir with weapons. I privation I had an answer.”
