As many as 10 people were injured in a shooting at a car show in Dumas, Arkansas, on Saturday night, authorities said.
Troopers, highway patrol officers and investigators were dispatched about 7:25 p.m. to a business where the car show was taking place, Arkansas State Police said in a statement.
"Preliminary information provided to ASP is that as many as 10 people had been wounded by gunfire," the agency said. Organizers of the event, a nonprofit group called the Hoodnic Foundation, urged witnesses to report what they saw to authorities. "We are heartbroken and in shock at what took place during tonight’s car show," it said on Facebook. "Several people were shot by an unknown suspect. The full extent of injuries has not yet been disclosed."of Little Rock that he witnessed the shooting break out and tried to get children out of harm's way.McGehee said the group encourages nonviolence. It's listed on transparency websites as an educational nonprofit.
This was the 16th year for the car show in Dumas, McGehee said. The other years, he said, were problem-free. Fliers advertised it as the “NeighborHOOD PicNIC.”The conditions of the people injured and information about possible suspects was not immediately available.
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