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WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (WBTV) – A mass shooting was reported Monday at a park near a middle school in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
Winston-Salem police said a planned fight between “two young individuals” escalated on Monday, April 20. During the fight, multiple people “began shooting at each other,” resulting in “multiple victims,” police said.
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It was not immediately clear how many people were injured or how severe the injuries were. Police said Monday morning that the “suspects remain outstanding at this time.”
No other details about the shooting were known, as of this writing. The Associated Press described the incident as a mass shooting.
The shooting reportedly happened at Leinbach Park near, but not at, Jefferson Middle School. The middle school was placed on a “secure hold” on Monday morning due to the shooting and investigation.
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