Shots Fired During High School Football Game in Mobile, Alabama, Reports Say
04:08 GMT 16.10.2021 (Updated: 13:26 GMT 17.10.2022)
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Gunfire rang out in the stands during a football game between Vigor and Williamson high schools, according to reports.
At least four people were injured, one of them seriously after a gunman opened fire at a high school football game at Ladd-Peebles Stadium in Mobile, Alabama, according to BNO News.
Shots fired at the Williamson vs Vigor football game tonight at Ladd-Peebles. Mobile police reporting multiple people shot. This is a developing story, more details on @FOX10News https://t.co/CJW7Pe0kp3
— Jennifer Lambers (@jlamberswx) October 16, 2021
Witnesses reported to US broadcaster Fox News that they'd suddenly heard gunshots in the final minutes of the game between the Vigor and Williamson teams.
"Multiple injuries have been reported, and those victims have been transported to the hospital. One individual has been transferred to the hospital with a life-threatening injury," the Mobile police department said in a statement.
Videos of the incident circulating online show people leaving the stadium.
WATCH: This is the moment on the MCPSS game broadcast between Williamson and Vigor when shots rang out in the concourse at Ladd-Peebles Stadium. The PA announcer is heard telling fans to "cover themselves" as people run onto the field and throughout the stadium. pic.twitter.com/SxS1hHEdOJ
— Simone Eli (@SimoneEli_TV) October 16, 2021
The football game that was on at the time of the shooting was stopped. The Mobile Police Chief Paul Prine said that the police think several people were involved but only one person was carrying out the shooting.
Prine noted that the police have information that following the incident, at least two people fled the scene in a white sedan. Their identity and location is being established.
Prine noted that the police have information that following the incident, at least two people fled the scene in a white sedan. Their identity and location is being established.
Panic broke out among the spectators and the players. It is currently unclear who the shooter was. The police are currently looking for the perpetrator.
Emergency vehicles and police are working at the scene of the crime.
In 2019, nine people were shot at the same venue, Ladd-Pebbles Stadium. A 17-year-old was charged with attempted murder.
