A shooting at an Oklahoma High school football game on Friday night left 1 person dead, and at least 3 others wounded.
Students scattered across the football field at Choctaw High School after shots fired during the third quarter of the game.
A 16-year-old male died. Police said the victim was not a student at Choctaw High School.
No suspect(s) have been identified.
CHOCTAW, Okla. — A person is dead and three others were wounded after a shooting on Friday during a football game in Choctaw, police said Saturday.
Choctaw Police Chief Kelly Marshall said the shooting was reported around 10:15 p.m. Friday during the Choctaw-Del City game.
One of the victims was taken to a hospital, where they were treated and released for a wound to their thigh and at least one of the victims was a student, Marshall told KOCO-TV.
The conditions of the other victims were not immediately known.
On Saturday, Choctaw police said one person passed away, according to KOCO-TV.
There was panic as players scattered across the field amid gunfire. Crowds of people ran away in desperation after they had heard shots fired.
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🚨#BREAKING: Multiple Injures reported as Numerous Shots Fired During High School Football Game
⁰📌#Choctaw | #Oklahoma ⁰
Currently, multiple authorities are at a high school football game in Choctaw, Oklahoma, as a chaotic scene unfolds. Crowds of people can be seen running… pic.twitter.com/iJIJ6KBCSD— R A W S A L E R T S (@rawsalerts) August 26, 2023
First-person footage shows chaos as people were leaving the area in a panic.
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🚨#UPDATE: Police have updated and now say the number of injuries have been reduced to 3 After multiple Shots were Fired At Del City-Choctaw Oklahoma High School Football Game pic.twitter.com/hUMUtWQ9OX
— R A W S A L E R T S (@rawsalerts) August 26, 2023
