Four people were shot outside a football game at an Alabama school
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Four people were shot during a shooting that occurred on the exit ramp of a stadium during a match high school football game Friday night in Mobile, Alabama , authorities said.
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
Two of the four victims were minors, said the police chief of Mobile , Paul Prine , during a press conference outside the Ladd-Peebles sports and entertainment complex, according to CNN.
Three men and one woman were taken to local hospitals, where one was in critical condition, Prine said. The sex and age of the critically ill victim were not released on Friday.
Police are working to determine the identities of the victims, Prine said.
The football game between Williamson High School and Vigor High School “stopped and has since ended. ”Prine said adding that no shots were fired inside the stadium .
performed on the west ramp, ”Prine said. “It was not shot in the sand or in the soccer area where the stands were, but here on the exit ramp that leaves the stadium.”
The officials found four shell casings in the area and believe there may have been up to seven shots , according to Prine. “We have several individuals who may be involved, but possibly only one shooter,” Prine said.
The police chief did not provide a motive for the shooting, but said that There were possibly two men involved in an altercation at the time of the shooting.
Prine called the shooting an isolated incident, noting that she did not believe there was any threat to the public.
Police received information that at least two people got into a white sedan and fled the scene after that shooting . The officers were working to locate them.
