Edmund, Oklahoma — A taking pictures Sunday night time at a celebration at a lake close to Oklahoma Metropolis despatched least 12 individuals to hospitals, in line with police and hospital officers.
Edmond police spokesperson Emily Ward mentioned authorities acquired reviews of pictures being fired at about 9 p.m. at a gathering of younger individuals close to Arcadia Lake. She mentioned late Sunday that no arrests had been made but.
“That is clearly a really terrifying scenario and we perceive the priority from the general public and people concerned and we’re working extraordinarily exhausting to search out the suspects,” she mentioned.
“We’re type of all around the metro talking with victims and witnesses,” Ward mentioned.
She mentioned 10 individuals have been taken to hospitals and others drove themselves. She mentioned victims have been in “numerous situations.”
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9 individuals have been at Integris Well being Baptist Medical Heart in Oklahoma Metropolis and three have been at Integris Well being Edmond Hospital, in line with a hospital system spokesperson. The spokesperson mentioned the sufferers have been all nonetheless being assessed late Sunday night time.
Whereas police did not present particulars concerning the get together, a flyer seen on social media after the taking pictures urged that an occasion referred to as Sunday Funday had been scheduled close to the lake Sunday night.
CBS Oklahoma Metropolis affiliate KWTV reviews that police arrange a reunification middle for households at a neighborhood Walmart.
Arcadia Lake, about 13 miles north of Oklahoma Metropolis, is a synthetic reservoir used for flood management that can be a well-liked leisure spot that gives fishing, boating, picnicking and tenting. It is positioned in Edmond, an Oklahoma Metropolis suburb with about 100,000 residents.
Forty years in the past, Edmond was the location of one of many deadliest office shootings in U.S. historical past. On Aug. 20, 1986, postal employee Patrick Sherrill shot 20 co-workers, killing 14 of them. He then killed himself.
