Police: 2 younger males shot outdoors Richfield Excessive College soccer sport

Featured video is from WCCO 4 Information at 10, earlier than police launched info. 

RICHFIELD, Minn. — Police are investigating a taking pictures that injured two younger males outdoors a Richfield Excessive College soccer sport Friday night.

In accordance with police, the taking pictures was reported at round 8:45 p.m. on the homecoming sport on the Richfield Excessive College soccer subject, situated at 7001 Harriet Ave. S. in Richfield.

“A college workers member suggested an on-site police officer that faculty officers had turned away quite a few people from sport entry that seemed to be ready for the sport to finish. The people had been gathered a brief distance northeast of the soccer subject,” police mentioned in a information launch.

Because the on-site police officer was driving to the world of the people, two gunshots had been heard. Quite a few folks had been seen working from the scene.

Two male victims, ages 18 and 21, suffered non-life threatening accidents, police mentioned. The 18-year-old was taken to an space hospital.

Witnesses spoke to WCCO and described a panic scene after photographs had been heard, saying gamers cleared the sector, the stadium was evacuated and medical personnel ran to the world of the photographs.

Video from a Richfield Excessive College livestream exhibits folks working from the sector after two attainable gunshots.

No suspects have been recognized or situated, and the investigation is energetic, police mentioned. 

The Richfield Spartans had been taking part in Bloomington Kennedy in a sport that kicked off at 7 p.m. 

Richfield faculty officers mentioned there have been additional security precautions in place for the homecoming sport, together with separate residence and customer entrances. Solely college students with a scholar ID might get in and solely Richfield college students had been allowed to take a seat on the house aspect. 

Richfield Excessive College officers introduced that each one weekend occasions will likely be canceled, together with the homecoming dance. 

“It’s with a heavy coronary heart that I write to you tonight,” Principal Stacy Theien-Collins mentioned in a Fb submit. “I’m heartbroken by the violence that broke out on the homecoming sport, which has deeply impacted our whole group.”

Theien-Collins mentioned the occasions are canceled to “guarantee scholar security and to permit us all just a little room to breathe, mirror and heal.”