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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WTH does Milking day have to with any of this!
Justi kidding but....
Damn Yankees was an American rock supergroup formed in 1989 consisting of Tommy Shaw of Styx, Jack Blades of Night Ranger, Ted Nugent of The Amboy Dukes....
and the 1958 movie from the Broadway play:
https://masterworksbroadway.com/music/damn-yankees-film-soundtrack-1958/
Just a difference of opinion between two groups of scholars, not your typical Ford vs. Chevy car show banter.
Ft.Pierce PD has labeled it “gang related”.
Another abomination is when restaurants take perfectly good butter and mix it with sugar or syrup or something. Oy!
“Another abomination is when restaurants take perfectly good butter and mix it with sugar or syrup or something. Oy!”
I don’t think I’ve ever seen that. Why do they do it?
Sugar in butter.
They used to do it at Marie Callender’s in CA.
Here in E TN they do it at Aubrey’s.
I’ve seen it in other places a few times; can’t recall exactly where.
Video:
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