
Alabama school shooting stops football game and causes alarm in the stands
CNN
A man was wounded in a shooting outside a central Alabama high school football game Friday night, halting the game for the night as alarm spread in the stands and on the field.
The man was at a tailgating event at a Fairfield High Preparatory School parking lot when he was shot in the buttocks -- with the gunfire apparently coming from near an abandoned house -- around 9:45 p.m., the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office said.
The gunfire halted the football game between Fairfield High and Birmingham's Jackson-Olin High. A sheriff's deputy got onto the field and waved for people -- including players and coaches -- to get onto the ground, video from WBMA shows.

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