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1 shot, 2 taken into custody after incident at Oklahoma State Fair, police say

Crime scene tape can be seen outside the Bennett Event Center

1 shot, 2 taken into custody after incident at Oklahoma State Fair, police say

Crime scene tape can be seen outside the Bennett Event Center

ONCE WE DO, WE WILL UPDATE YOU. ON. TAKE A LOOK. THAT WAS VIDEO SENT INTO US FROM A VIEWER LAST NIGHT CAPTURING THOSE TERRIFYING MOMENTS AS PEOPLE WERE RUNNING FOR SAFETY AFTER A SHOOTING AT THE OKLAHOMA STATE FAIR. ACCORDING TO POLICE, ONE PERSON WAS SHOT AND TWO SUSPECTS ARE IN CUSTODY. WE DID HAVE CREWS ON SCENE LAST NIGHT FOLLOWING THE STORY AS IT ALL UNFOLDED. YEAH, A SCARY SITUATION LAST NIGHT. KOCO WAS ON THE GROUND AS POLICE WERE EVACUATING PEOPLE FROM THE FAIRGROUNDS, HOLDING HANDS, MAKING SURE THEY GOT OUT SAFELY. KOCO, KOBE TERRELL WAS ON THE SCENE AS WELL LAST NIGHT. HE WAS GATHERING DETAILS FROM WITNESSES AND POLICE WITNESSES DESCRIBED THE SCENE OF THE STATE FAIR ON SATURDAY NIGHT TO US AS CHAOS. THEY SAID PEOPLE WERE RUNNING OUT IN FEAR, SOME HOLDING HANDS WITH THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS AFTER A SHOOTING TOOK PLACE IN THE BENNETT EVENT CENTER. NOW TWO PEOPLE ARE IN CUSTODY AND A VICTIM IS IN CRITICAL CONDITION AND WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL. WE TALKED TO WITNESSES AT THE SCENE AS WELL AS POLICE AND REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE FAIR. WE’RE SEARCHING THROUGH ALL THE VIDEOS, TALKING TO ALL THE WITNESSES TO TRY TO DETERMINE HOW MANY SHOOTERS THERE WERE AND WHO ALL WAS INVOLVED IN THIS INCIDENT. IT WAS MAYHEM. EVERYONE WAS RUNNING, GOING CRAZY, YELLING THERE WAS A GUN. WE STILL THINK IT’S A SAFE AND SECURE ATMOSPHERE OUT HERE BECAUSE OF THE DILIGENCE OF THE OKLAHOMA CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THE COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE. A REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE FAIR SAYS THEY’RE GOING TO BE OPEN FOR THEIR LAST DAY BUSINESS AS USUAL IN OKLAHOMA CITY. COLBY TERRELL, KOCO FIVE NEWS. AND DURING THE SHOOTING AT THE FAIR LAST NIGHT, WE HAD SOME OF OUR KOCO CREWS ON THE GROUND. COCO ZONE JESSICA SCHAMBACH WAS AT THE FAIR WHEN THE SHOTS RANG OUT. SHE SENT US THIS VIDEO SHOWING THE TERRIFYING MOMENT WE WERE IN THE CARNIVAL AREA WHEN SOME PEOPLE RAN BY US AND THE GIRLS HEARD SOMEONE SAY EITHER SHOOTER OR SOMEONE HAS A GUN. WE SAW THEM RUNNING. SO WE TOOK OFF RUNNING. WE WERE PARKED OVER AT GATE FIVE, WHICH THANK FULLY. WE WERE OVER BY THAT AREA, BUT WE COULDN’T FIND OUR VEHICLE. WE RAN TO THE AREA WHERE IT WAS AND SO MANY PEOPLE WERE RUNNING FROM THE FAIRGROUNDS AT THAT POINT WE WERE ABLE TO JUST KEEP RUNNING. THAT’S ALL WE NEED TO DO IS JUST TO KEEP RUNNING. I TOLD THE GIRLS TO HOLD HANDS SO WE DIDN’T LOSE EACH OTHER. THANKFULLY, JESS AND HER FAMILY MADE IT OUT SAFELY. OFFICIALS TELL US THE FAIR WILL BE BACK OPEN TODAY. AND NEW THIS MORNING, OKLAHOMA CITY POLICE ISSUING A STATEMENT ON THEIR FACEBOOK PAGE FOLLOWING THAT SHOOTING LAST NIGHT. OKC PD SAYING THE SHOOTING WAS AN ISOLATED INCIDENT AND TWO PEOPLE WERE TAKEN INTO CUSTODY. A HANDGUN WAS RECOVERED AT THE SCENE AND THE VICTIM WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL HOSPITAL. AND THE INVESTIGATION IS CURRENTLY ONGOING. KOCO WILL KEEP YOU UPDATED AS WE LEARN MORE THIS MORNING. AND THE OKLAHOMA STATE FAIR ALSO ISSUED A STATEMENT VIA FACEBOOK OVERNIGHT. THE FAIR SAYS THEY WILL BE OPENING AGAIN AT 10 A.M. THIS MORNING. GATE ADMISSION AND CARNIVAL RIDE ARMBANDS FRO
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1 shot, 2 taken into custody after incident at Oklahoma State Fair, police say

Crime scene tape can be seen outside the Bennett Event Center

One person was shot and two people were taken into custody after an altercation at the Bennett Event Center Saturday night at the Oklahoma State Fair. Police said the shooting happened shortly before 9 p.m. following an incident at the event center on the east side of the fairgrounds in Oklahoma City. They learned two groups got into an altercation, during which a person pulled out a gun and shot someone.The victim was taken to an area hospital in critical condition. Police said a few other people were reportedly injured amid the chaos. The nature of their injuries was not released.>> Download the KOCO 5 AppA person fired a shot in the air in a separate incident, police said.Two people were taken into custody, and police are working to determine their involvement.Get the latest news stories of interest by clicking here.The investigation is in its early stages. Police are looking at videos, searching the area for evidence and talking to witnesses. Scott Munz, with the Oklahoma State Fair, said the fair will be open Sunday – the final day of the fair.

One person was shot and two people were taken into custody after an altercation at the Bennett Event Center Saturday night at the Oklahoma State Fair.

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Police said the shooting happened shortly before 9 p.m. following an incident at the event center on the east side of the fairgrounds in Oklahoma City. They learned two groups got into an altercation, during which a person pulled out a gun and shot someone.

The victim was taken to an area hospital in critical condition. Police said a few other people were reportedly injured amid the chaos. The nature of their injuries was not released.

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A person fired a shot in the air in a separate incident, police said.

Two people were taken into custody, and police are working to determine their involvement.

Get the latest news stories of interest by clicking here.

The investigation is in its early stages. Police are looking at videos, searching the area for evidence and talking to witnesses.

Scott Munz, with the Oklahoma State Fair, said the fair will be open Sunday – the final day of the fair.