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shooting at an Alabama high schoolfootball game left four people wounded. - Gunfire erupted outside the Ladd-Peebles Stadium in Mobile, Alabama during a game on Friday night.
A shooting at a high school football game in Alabama on Friday night left four people wounded, including one person with a life-threatening injury, according to CNN.
Gunfire erupted just before 10 p.m. during the fourth quarter of a game between Vigor and Williamson high schools at the Ladd-Peebles Stadium in Mobile.
Between five and seven shots were believed to have been fired on an exit ramp outside of the stadium, Mobile Police Chief Paul Prine said.
"I'm disturbed by it," Prine said. "This is a place where families come, children come after being in school all week."
Three men and one woman were taken to local hospitals, where one was in critical condition, Prine said. Two of the victims were minors, reports TMZ.
The Mobile Police Department released an image on Saturday showing three "suspects of interest" and asking the public for assistance in finding them.
No arrests have yet been made and the motive remains unclear, though Prine said there were possibly two men involved in an altercation around the time of the shooting.
He called the shooting an isolated incident, adding that he didn't believe there was any further threat to the public.
Video footage of the incident posted to social media shows chaotic scenes with fans running toward the stadium's exits and players dropping to the ground for safety. The public address announcer can be heard telling people to "cover yourself and protect yourself."
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This isn't the first shooting to have ever taken place at the Ladd-Peebles Stadium.
In 2019, nine people were injured when a shooting occurred at the end of a football game between LeFlore and Williamson high schools, according to AL.
Police later arrested a 17-year-old.