Posted on 01/17/2023 12:44:00 PM PST by grundle
One person was killed and seven others were shot at a block party packed with more than 1,000 people celebrating Martin Luther King Jr. Day in Fort Pierce, Florida, Monday, police said.
All eight of those shot were adults and they were ferried to the hospital for treatment, St. Lucie County Sheriff’s Office Chief Deputy Brian Hester said at a news conference.
The person who was killed died Tuesday morning, Sheriff Ken Mascara said at a briefing.
“She’s a 30-year-old Fort Pierce native who was at the party with her six-year-old daughter,” Mascara said.
At least four others were injured as people ran for safety, the sheriff’s office said. One of those injured was a juvenile who was hurt as people rushed to flee the park where the event was being held, Hester said.
“As the shots rang out, people were just running in all directions,” Hester said. “There were people laying behind cars, laying behind anything they could lay behind. It was kind of hard to tell who was a victim and who was just hiding at that point.”
The shooting began at around 5:20 p.m. in Ilous Ellis Park, he said, where the community had gathered for an afternoon car show, dance performances, live DJ and kids activities to celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day, an event flyer shows.
In a video taken by a witness, attendees are seen dancing by their cars and enjoying the music when what sounds like gunfire begins to resonate over the song. People in the crowd start to rush away from the noise, some ducking behind cars or grabbing children’s hands and running across the street.
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“When keepin’ it real goes wrong…”
Celebrating Martin Looter King in the appropriate style...
Other than that, it was a great party and celebration.
“In a video taken by a witness, ...”. Notice the video was not posted as a part of CNN’s story. I wonder why.
This always happens when people put sugar in cornbread.
“This always happens when people put sugar in cornbread.”
As a long time lover of sweetened cornbread, I have to dissent.
OR lime in the coconut and shake it all up.
Sugar in cornbread. Terrible!!! That would be corn cake.
This always happens when people put sugar in cornbread.
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This always happens when people put sugar in cornbread but don’t put it in iced tea.
“This always happens when people put sugar in cornbread but don’t put it in iced tea.”
Keep your sugar out of my ice tea!
Maybe we need to give blacks more holidays since MLK and Juneteenth hasn’t worked
What good is a ‘ethnic’ party or funeral without a few shootings?
Oh no, the person died.
And she was mom to a poor young girl.
Guess I was right that it was a “block party”. Loosely organized and in a bad hood. That means certain demographic, prone to violent overreaction to every “diss” or drug deal.
Their real is real dangerous.
Born in Philly and public school in Wilmington DE.
I’m well aware of their pitfalls.
“Sugar in cornbread. Terrible!!! That would be corn cake.”
To you Yankees.
Keep your sugar out of my ice tea!
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Actually, I agree with you but I believe we are in the minority.
A Yankee is a northerner who comes South for a visit.
But a DAMN Yankee doesn't leave.
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