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Two people were wounded when gunfire broke out at a high school basketball game in Dallas on Saturday night.
A Dallas ISD officer and an 18-year-old man were hospitalized with injuries, a Dallas police spokesman said.
The officer was grazed by a bullet fragment, and she is expected to be OK, Dallas ISD spokeswoman Robyn Harris said.
The 18-year-old was listed in critical condition, police said. Authorities did not release either victim’s name.
Dallas police were called about 9:10 p.m. to the Ellis Davis Field House in the 9100 block of South Polk Street, near Interstate 20 in Red Bird, police records show.
Harris said a physical altercation erupted into gunfire during a basketball game between South Oak Cliff and Kimball high schools. She said no arrests had been made and police had no suspects.
“We really need the community’s help in resolving this,” Harris said. “Because, again, there is senseless violence that must stop.”
Video taken during the game showed people scrambling out of the arena after multiple shots are heard.
The game was supposed to wrap up a day of celebration for South Oak Cliff High, which had a ribbon-cutting ceremony earlier Saturday after reopening this month following a two-year, $52 million renovation, Harris said.
“People there were there to unwind for the day,” she said.
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Harris said the male victim was not believed to be a current Dallas ISD student.
Anyone with information about the shooting may call Crime Stoppers anonymously at 214-373-8477.