Gunshots were reported at a high school football game in Florida, and it sent the audience into a panic.
PBSO Dispatch received multiple calls of shots fired in the 8400 block of Forest Hill Blvd, PB Central High School. Deputies have arrived on scene and are currently gathering more information. We do not believe this is an active shooter incident.
More info to come. pic.twitter.com/rbG5EnP2IX
— PBSO (@PBCountySheriff) August 18, 2018
A reporter happened to be attending the game:
Huge police presence now at Palm Beach Central. Cops armed with rifles are running and everyone is still scrambling to get out. pic.twitter.com/oVjScbiGsK
— Ryan DiPentima (@Ryan_DiPentima) August 18, 2018
Im at the Dwyer-Palm Beach Central football game at Palm Beach Central. Everyone just took off from the field and the stands. Something is happening. Cops are responding. People are reporting three shots heard.
— Ryan DiPentima (@Ryan_DiPentima) August 18, 2018
A helicopter is landing on the field and a man is being treated on the track at Palm Beach Central.
— Ryan DiPentima (@Ryan_DiPentima) August 18, 2018
A helicopter is landing at Palm Beach Central pic.twitter.com/7g5g3GKjqA
— Ryan DiPentima (@Ryan_DiPentima) August 18, 2018
UPDATE: Two people were shot:
Two people are confirmed shot at a football game between Palm Beach Central and William T. Dwyer high schools, and there‘s no word on whether the shooter is in custody.
A group of students “got into an altercation” which led to the shots, Palm Beach County Sheriff’s spokeswoman Teri Barbera said. She said one victim was found on the school property and was taken to a hospital, and the other was taken by a friend to an hospital. Barbera did not immediately have their conditions and was unable to immediately provided their genders or ages.
“Suspect information and motive of the altercation is unknown at this time,” she said. She said Palm Beach County Schools police have asked the sheriff’s violent crimes division to take over the investigation.
A helicopter was seen landing on the field as a man was treated on the running track.
UPDATE:
Pressure being applied to wounded person at game in Wellington, Florida on August 17, 2018. (Allen Eyestone/The Palm Beach Post) pic.twitter.com/mFjfDEXEmI
— The Palm Beach Post (@pbpost) August 18, 2018
I’ll update as necessary.