ARKANSAS: At least one person was killed and 20 others wounded, including children, in a shooting outside a car show in southeast Arkansas, the US, on Saturday evening, local police said.
Dumas Police Chief Keith Finch provided the increased number of casualties but said it wasn’t immediately clear how many kids had been hurt.
One person was in custody, although there may have been multiple shooters, Finch told reporters.
State troopers were dispatched at around 7:25 p.m. to Dumas, located about 90 miles (144 kilometres) south of Little Rock, following a report of gunfire outside a local business where the car show was underway, Arkansas State Police spokesperson Bill Sadler said.
The car show is part of a community event held each spring to raise funds for scholarships and school supplies, according to the website of the Delta Neighbourhood Empowerment Youth Organisation.
Wallace McGehee, the car show’s organiser, expressed condolences to the victims’ families and the community.
“For something like this to happen, it’s a tragedy,” McGehee told
KATV at the scene. “We did this here for 16 years without a problem.”
