CHOCTAW — According to the police, four persons were shot at the home football game played by Choctaw High School on Friday night at Bill Jensen Field. Around 10:15 p.m. on Friday, during the Choctaw-Del City game, shots were fired close to the intersection of Northeast 10th Street and Henney Road. Chief Kelly Marshall of the Choctaw Police Department stated that four persons were shot. One of the victims was transported to the hospital for treatment of a wound to their thigh, and after receiving care, they were allowed to go home. In addition to this, Marshall stated that at least one of the victims was a student.
There is currently no information available regarding the conditions of the remaining three victims. Other information regarding the victim has not been disclosed by the police. The police have said that they do not have a suspect in custody and believe the person who shot the victim fled the scene. During the confrontation, an officer’s weapon was discharged, according to Chief Loyd Berger of the Del City Police Department. He did not disclose any other information concerning the shooting that took place.
The superintendents of Choctaw-Nicoma Park Schools and Mid-Del Schools respectively, David Reid and Rick Cobb, issued a joint statement in which they said, “Our thoughts and prayers go out to anyone affected by tonight’s incident. In the course of an ongoing investigation, law enforcement officers from both districts, as well as those from Choctaw, Del City, and Oklahoma County, are working together. Additional information will be provided by the police department when it becomes available. The moments when players fired their weapons were captured on live TV footage of the game. On the footage, several of the players can be seen fleeing the field, while others are seen falling to the ground. Nobody on the field needed medical attention.
Mark Rodgers, who was at the game covering it for The Sports Animal, said in an interview with KOCO 5 that he heard the bullets ring out with fewer than five minutes left in the third quarter, which caused the game to be stopped. According to him, the incident began in the northeast part of the stadium with players from Del City running around. Players from Choctaw High School left the field as quickly as they could as well. label. ” “After the initial shots were fired, the terror began to spread in waves. Just a terrifying circumstance, as stated by Rodgers. Both of the teams were playing their first game of the season in this contest; on Thursday and Friday, schools from all throughout Oklahoma competed in games for Week 0 of their respective sports seasons.
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