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Zorro

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Sat Mar 19, 2022, 11:19 PM Mar 2022

10 Shot Outside Arkansas Car Show, Kids Reported Among the Victims [View all]

Source: Daily Beast

As many as ten people were injured late Saturday after gunfire erupted outside a car show in Dumas, Arkansas, authorities said.

The Arkansas State Police confirmed that troopers were dispatched to the scene just before 7:30 p.m. The circumstances that led to the shooting at the 16th Annual Hood-Nic event were not immediately clear.

Witnesses cited in local media reports said children were among the victims. The Desha County Office of Emergency Management said at least one child was transported to the Arkansas Children's Hospital. The agency said there was a high-speed pursuit and a head-on crash in addition to the mass shooting, though it was not immediately clear if the events were thought to be connected.

Video shared on social media that was said to have been taken at the scene of the shooting showed police and ambulances flooding the area as a man with an injury was helped by friends. Another video showed a crowd of attendees listening to music and chatting when a series of loud shots rang out, sending everyone scattering.

Read more: https://www.thedailybeast.com/several-people-shot-outside-dumas-arkansas-car-show-state-police-say

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What the absolute shit is this now??? 🤬 🤬 🤬 a kennedy Mar 2022 #1
WTF? Roy Rolling Mar 2022 #29
zzzzzzzzzzzz Skittles Mar 2022 #2
Snoozing along with you. hollygolively Mar 2022 #18
if death count is high, these type of incidents dont get heavy coverage anymore Demovictory9 Mar 2022 #19
? TeamProg Mar 2022 #46
Typo _ "isnt high" Demovictory9 Mar 2022 #53
Honestly these type of shootings never get coverage for obvious reasons. NT cinematicdiversions Mar 2022 #69
Have Republicans rushed a no lisense concealed carry law through the Legislature yet? OAITW r.2.0 Mar 2022 #3
This message was self-deleted by its author pecosbob Mar 2022 #6
Vermont has been that way for a very long time. Kaleva Mar 2022 #24
Vermont also has a very different population than most states. oldsoftie Mar 2022 #26
Care to amplify on that? (nt) Paladin Mar 2022 #28
Oh I'd be happy to. oldsoftie Mar 2022 #32
Well, they are two very different populations. Farmer-Rick Mar 2022 #45
Vermont is lily white if that's what you mean Kaleva Mar 2022 #37
Well, most serial killers are white too. oldsoftie Mar 2022 #38
Serial killers account for a very small percentage of murders Kaleva Mar 2022 #48
How about for non-gang related mass shootings? IronLionZion Mar 2022 #50
There were over 45k gun related injuries in the US in 2020 Kaleva Mar 2022 #55
Suicides are a little more self inflicted than mass shootings IronLionZion Mar 2022 #56
You are far more likely to know someone who died of suicide by gun Kaleva Mar 2022 #57
And most gun murders are "acquaintance" murders; victim knows the killer. oldsoftie Mar 2022 #58
That is true with women but not so much with men Kaleva Mar 2022 #59
Not sure what the person you're responding to means by "different" paleotn Mar 2022 #39
And the differences can vary wildly within a state Kaleva Mar 2022 #49
Absolutely! paleotn Mar 2022 #54
I always thought Vermont was somewhat isolationist alfredo Mar 2022 #60
I don't see a State that has Bernie Sanders as their Senator as being isolationists oldsoftie Mar 2022 #61
Individualist rather than isolationist. alfredo Mar 2022 #68
We have our own problems with that. paleotn Mar 2022 #33
dumb ass, Arkansas, hey? NewHendoLib Mar 2022 #4
Just around the bend from Dogpatch pecosbob Mar 2022 #7
"Ding Dong Daddy from Dumas, Arkansas" was a popular song. Midnight Writer Mar 2022 #10
Exactly my thought. Traildogbob Mar 2022 #17
Just... JoeOtterbein Mar 2022 #5
The people of Arkansas vote for their lax state gun laws in huge supermajorities greenjar_01 Mar 2022 #8
Same with Vermont Kaleva Mar 2022 #25
You don't known much about VT, do you? paleotn Mar 2022 #36
You know, as an Arkansan.... moriah Mar 2022 #27
You're getting off easy. Try being a DU-er from Texas. Paladin Mar 2022 #31
Or any Southern/Red state oldsoftie Mar 2022 #34
Texas voting patterns are more balanced than Arkansas these days greenjar_01 Mar 2022 #42
I said huge supermajorities greenjar_01 Mar 2022 #41
It's a lost cause. TomSlick Mar 2022 #62
At least I hope I was clear that I was more irritated at the elected officials... moriah Mar 2022 #63
I have long since given up on writing either of our senators. TomSlick Mar 2022 #64
An armed society is a polite society IronLionZion Mar 2022 #9
Cool UpInArms Mar 2022 #11
Post removed Post removed Mar 2022 #12
You're neither clever nor effective. ZZenith Mar 2022 #13
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Since mass shootings occur in all deomographics, wnylib Mar 2022 #15
What kind of shithole country claims to be pro life then allows kids to be shot? Initech Mar 2022 #16
+1 area51 Mar 2022 #35
The republicans have blood on their hands for so many things, not the least for this, because JohnSJ Mar 2022 #20
A car show they won't forget. Guns bless America. twodogsbarking Mar 2022 #21
Not the only shooting either. This one in Virginia took 5 people, including a CNN employee JohnSJ Mar 2022 #22
1 dead, 20 shot, 1 in custody muriel_volestrangler Mar 2022 #23
Guns are sold to protect the shooter. bucolic_frolic Mar 2022 #30
Look, I don't care if the hillbillies, rednecks, and clodhoppers all kill each other. Aristus Mar 2022 #40
Why am I not surprised to see this? mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2022 #43
My patients aren't blasting each other in parking lots, or anywhere else. Aristus Mar 2022 #44
I don't think there were any rednecks involved. NT cinematicdiversions Mar 2022 #65
You should probably take a look at the video at the scene.... BradAllison Mar 2022 #66
This is who you think is a "hillbilly, redneck, clodhopper." onenote Mar 2022 #67
Where was THE GOOD GUY with a gun ? TeamProg Mar 2022 #47
My husband was born in Arkansas Jilly_in_VA Mar 2022 #51
Children pay the price of freedom IronLionZion Mar 2022 #52
Republicans are to blame for this. You've got repuke Govs not requiring gun permits and list goes on rockfordfile Mar 2022 #70
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