Gorge Amphitheatre.Photo:Gary Miller/Getty Images
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Two people were killed and three others were injured — including the suspect — in an officer-involved shooting at a popular amphitheater in Washington State, authorities said.
The shooting occurred at approximately 8:25 p.m. on Saturday night at an overflow campground near the Gorge Amphitheater, which is located about 150 miles east of Seattle,according to the North Central Washington Special Investigation Unit(NCWSIU), an independent oversight group investigating the incident.
A male began shooting “randomly” into a crowd gathered a few hundred yards from the amphitheater, where thousands of fans were attending the Beyond Wonderland electronic music festival, Kyle Foreman, a public information officer with the Grant County Sheriff’s Office said at a news conference.
“The shooter then walked away from where the incident happened,” Foreman said,according to theYakima Herald, and added that “he continued to randomly shoot into the crowd.”
Police confronted the gunman and exchanged fire with the man, who was injured and taken to the hospital. Police later took him into custody, Foreman said. His identity has not been publicly released at this time.
“We don’t know what the motives were or what the intentions were of the shooter and we’ll have to wait and see if we can find that information out later on,” Foreman said.
A representative from the NCWSIU did not immediately return PEOPLE’s request for further details about the incident.
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While the concert continued following the shooting, organizers for Beyond Wonderland canceled day 2 of the festival,according to social media posts.
source: people.com
