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TULSA, Okla. (AP) — A teenager was killed and another was wounded in a shooting at a high school homecoming football game in Oklahoma Friday night, police said.
The victims,
both 17, were shot during the event at McLain High School for Science and
Technology shortly before 10 p.m., according to a statement by the Tulsa Police
Department posted on Twitter and Facebook.
“When
Officers arrived, we found two victims amongst the crowd of hundreds. One
17-year-old male was pronounced dead at the scene,” the post said.
The
surviving victim was taken to a hospital in critical condition but has improved
to stable condition, the statement said.
Several
officers and a K-9 unit searched nearby neighborhoods but were not immediately
able to find the suspected shooter, who ran away from the scene, police said.
Police said
the suspect is believed to be another 17-year-old.