CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (AP) — Two people were injured when gunfire broke out during a high school graduation commencement in Missouri, causing hundreds of people to scatter and forcing the ceremony to be postponed.
The shooting happened around 2:30 p.m. Sunday in Cape Girardeau, a city of 40,000 residents about 115 miles (185 km) south of St. Louis. The two people injured were not students. Both are expected to survive, police said in a statement.
Police said an altercation between two people led to the shooting inside the Show Me Center. School resource officers detained one person and assisted the two victims, who were hospitalized with what police described as non life-threatening injuries.
“During our graduation ceremony today at the Show Me Center, an altercation occurred forcing us to stop the ceremony and evacuate the building,” Cape Girardeau Public Schools Superintendent Howard Benyon said in a statement. He said the ceremony will be rescheduled.
Police said a person of interest was in custody. Charges had not been filed as of Monday morning.
Cathay Pacific asks staff to take three weeks unpaid leave as coronavirus hits bottom line
Beauty industry experts pushing for more regulation amid rise in serious injuries
Two in custody after armed police swarm Auckland suburb
Supreme Court declines to hear challenge to Maryland ban on rifles known as assault weapons
Coronavirus: People with blood type A 'more vulnerable' to COVID
NZ missing out, lawyers say as visas for wealthy investors plummet
Continued funding concerns among disabled communities
Jon Wysocki dead at 53: Staind drummer passes away
Kāinga Ora cans controversial social housing development, saying it is not financially viable
Hollywood star Shia LaBeouf is spotted on the streets of Gavin and Stacey's hometown Barry
Mirror suits and serenades: The allure of Chris Isaak