Mass shooting at Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebration in Fort Pierce

MIAMI – Eight individuals have been injured in a taking pictures at a Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebration in Fort Pierce.

The gunfire erupted at a automobile present and a block celebration celebrating the vacation.

“The primary two pictures have been bang, bang, however then it began getting mulitple pictures after which about 1,500 individuals began working. I witnessed two individuals received (sic) shot,” stated Charlie Frank Matthews.

Investigators stated it occurred after two teams of individuals received into an argument.

“Deputies did begin to render assist to a number of individuals. There have been individuals have been within the crowd rendering assist as nicely and there have been some individuals have been loading individuals up in automobiles and taking them to the hospital as nicely,” stated St. Lucie County Chief Deputy Brian Hester.

In accordance with a flyer selling the occasion, there was a deejay, a automobile present, and actions for the entire household, together with youngsters.

All the individuals who have been shot are adults, one is in important situation.

A few thousand individuals attended the occasion which was chaos after the gunfire. 4 different individuals have been harm making an attempt to flee the gun violence.

To this point, nobody is in custody.