Shooting injures 2 at Missouri high school graduation ceremony
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.
Related articles
Ricky Stenhouse punching Kyle Busch could lead to suspension
NORTH WILKESBORO, N.C. (AP) — Ricky Stenhouse Jr. threw a right hook at Kyle Busch, and suddenly, an2024-05-21Jenna Dewan bares her bump in completely nude snap
Jenna Dewan bared baby bump - with just one month to go until the arrival of her third child. The ac2024-05-21UN seeks $430 million for drought
HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — About half of Zimbabwe’s population urgently needs food and water after the2024-05-21Day by day, China is slowly chipping away at our social fabric
China is engaged in a hidden war against the West. For the most part, this battle goes on in secret.2024-05-21Revealed: Brit tourist, 19, subjected to sex attack in Majorca 'was gang
A 19-year-old British tourist who was subjected to a horrific sex attack in Majorca 'was gang-raped2024-05-21Wisconsin woman who argued she legally killed sex trafficker pleads guilty to homicide
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Milwaukee woman who argued she was legally allowed to a kill a man because he2024-05-21
atest comment