State Fair of Texas was as busy as normal less than a day after a shooting in Fair Park injured three people.
Dallas police said a suspect is in custody after a shooting wounded three people around 7:45 p.m in the Tower Building. There were very few signs that, less than 24 hours earlier, a man shot multiple people in the food court, causing Fair Park to be evacuated. TheUndeterred State Fair of Texas attendees file into Fair Park a day after shootingThe lost-and-found is one place that doesn’t typically draw a crowd, but had a noticeable queue Sunday afternoon.
Juan Reaves, co-owner of Smokey John’s Bar-B-Que, which has six locations at the fair, was also at Fair Park when the shooting happened. Views of the State Fair of Texas on Sunday, the day after three people were shot, leading to an evacuation at Fair Park in Dallas.Karissa Condoianis, senior vice president of public relations for the fair, didn’t have exact attendance numbers, but said Sunday’s crowd was typical, which was a testament to what the event means to the community.
fatal shooting was reported in 1988. The fair was also evacuated last year because of reports of a shooting that were later
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