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One person injured in shooting at SouthWest Edgecombe-Tarboro HS football game

SERIOUS IN NATURE. >> WELCOME BACK TO THE WRAL LIVE CENTER AS WE FOLLOW THAT BREAKING NEWS. ONE PERSON SHOT AT SOUTHWEST EDGECOMBE HIGH SCHOOL TONIGHT AT A FOOTBALL GAME. THIS IS VIDEO FROM WRAL'S PAT WELTER WHO WAS COVERING THAT GAME WITH HARBOROUGH A BIG RIVALRY MOMENTS AFTER THAT SHOT WAS FIRED. YOU CAN SEE THE CHAOS THERE AS PEOPLE RUN OUT OF THE STADIUM. ONE APPARENTLY WAS SHOT AFTER AN ARGUMENT NEAR A CONCESSION STAND. THAT IS WHAT AN EYEWITNESS TOLD PAT AT THE SCENE. THE SHOOTING HAPPENED AND THEN THAT PERSON, THE INJURED PERSON RAN TO AN AMBULANCE. SO THAT WAS ALREADY THERE BECAUSE OF AN INJURED PLAYER FROM SOUTHWEST EDGECOMBE WAS BEING TREATED. YOU CAN SEE THAT AMBULANCE RIGHT THERE ON THE SCREEN. NO WORD ON THE VICTIM'S CONDITION OR IDENTITY THE ON EDGECOMBE COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE TELLS US THAT THE PERSON WAS STABLE ENOUGH TO TRANSPORTED BY AMBULANCE AND THERE'S NO WORD ON IF ANYONE HAS BEEN CHARGED. BUT DEPUTIES SAY THEY DO HAVE A PERSON OF INTEREST IN

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