CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (AP) — Two people were injured when gunfire broke out during a high school graduation commencement in Missouri, causing hundreds of people to scatter and forcing the ceremony to be postponed.
The shooting happened around 2:30 p.m. Sunday in Cape Girardeau, a city of 40,000 residents about 115 miles (185 km) south of St. Louis. The two people injured were not students. Both are expected to survive, police said in a statement.
Police said an altercation between two people led to the shooting inside the Show Me Center. School resource officers detained one person and assisted the two victims, who were hospitalized with what police described as non life-threatening injuries.
“During our graduation ceremony today at the Show Me Center, an altercation occurred forcing us to stop the ceremony and evacuate the building,” Cape Girardeau Public Schools Superintendent Howard Benyon said in a statement. He said the ceremony will be rescheduled.
Police said a person of interest was in custody. Charges had not been filed as of Monday morning.
Target to lower prices on basic goods in response to inflation
Government needs to 'step up' and support rainbow community amid protest
Australian teen jailed for school shooting
With Djokovic awaiting the winner, Murray trails Hanfmann at rain
Tiger Woods starts his 26th Masters with an impressive birdie on his first hole
Prince William celebrates Aston Villa's opening goal against Lille with Prince George at Villa Park
OJ Simpson's time in Hollywood: A look back at The Naked Gun star's hit movie career
The unstoppable duo of Emma Stone and Yorgos Lanthimos
Blake Lively says she dreamed up husband Ryan Reynolds as she promotes their new animated film IF