Reports of multiple shots fired at vigil for victims of Texas university homecoming mass shooting

A series of what appears to be gunshots can be heard ringing out in the background of a video, posted by Matt Howerton, reporter with WFAA, ABC-affiliated TV station in Dallas, Texas.

The jornalist reported that the incident forced those gathered at the vigil to flee in disarray, while he and his collegue scrambled to take cover in the nearby trees.

“We heard DOZENS of gunshots,” he tweeted. It’s unclear if anybody has been injured in the reported shootout.

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The gunfire allegedly broke out in a parking lot of the park, that hosted a vigil for the victims of the mass shooting at an unofficial homecoming party near Dallas, that saw a handgun-armed gunman opening fire on the revelers around midnight Saturday.

One of the two people who were killed at the party was identified as Kevin Berry, 23, a Dallas native and a father of two children. A vigil for Berry was set to begin at 7 p.m. Sunday. 

At least 16 people were injured in the attack. Police believe that the shooter, who sneaked into an off-campus venue, packed with over 700 people celebrating the Texas A&M Commerce university football team’s homecoming victory, through a back door, was aiming to kill just one person, with other victims being collateral damage.

“His first victim, we think, may have been his target victim and the rest of them are just random,” Hunts County Sheriff Randy Meeks Meeks told media Sunday.

The shooter has not been identified and still remains at large.

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