Video shows chaos at a high school football game after 3 people were shot, police say

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  • A video shows attendees at an Ohio high school football game fleeing after hearing gunshots.

  • Three people were shot and have non-life-threatening injuries, police say.

  • "An event like this is every school district's worst nightmare..." Washington Local Schools said in a statement.

The Toledo Police Department reported three people were shot outside a high school football game in Toledo, Ohio, on Friday night.

WTOL11 reported more than 12 gunshots were heard during the game, which was being played at Whitmer High School. According to the department, the injuries are not life-threatening, ABC News reported.

Two people are in custody in connection with the shooting, police told WTOL11.

Video caught by local sports broadcasting station BCSN shows students fleeing the game after hearing the gunshots.

 

The game, between Central Catholic High School and Whitmer High School, was postponed as a result.

In a statement to WHIO 7, a spokesperson for Washington Local Schools said that they were "deeply saddened" by the shooting. "An event like this is every school district's worst nightmare, and we ask that you keep both Central and Whitmer in your thoughts as we attempt to figure out this atrocious act," the statement read.

 

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