{"id":1391942,"date":"2022-03-21T12:45:21","date_gmt":"2022-03-21T16:45:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1391942"},"modified":"2022-03-21T12:45:24","modified_gmt":"2022-03-21T16:45:24","slug":"at-least-25-people-shot-1-killed-during-charity-event-in-arkansas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/at-least-25-people-shot-1-killed-during-charity-event-in-arkansas\/","title":{"rendered":"At Least 25 People Shot, 1 Killed During Charity Event in Arkansas"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fat-least-25-people-shot-1-killed-during-charity-event-in-arkansas%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1391942&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A charity event in southeastern Arkansas devolved into a shooting gallery Saturday night.<\/p>\n<p>When the bullets stopped flying, one person was dead and 24 others were wounded,<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMultiple gunmen just started shooting,\u201d said Keith Finch, chief of police in the town of Dumas, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kark.com\/crime\/asp-at-least-10-shot-outside-event-in-dumas\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">KARK-TV<\/a>\u00a0in Little Rock.<\/p>\n<p>Finch said some <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/officers-respond-shooting-sacrifice-safety-save-man-bleeding-death\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">children<\/a> were among those hit.<\/p>\n<p>One person has reportedly been arrested.<\/p>\n<div id=\"in-article-trending\" class=\"in-article-more inner-content\">\n<p>Trending:<\/p>\n<div class=\"in-article-more-right\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/deep-state-officials-told-us-hunter-bidens-laptop-russian-disinformation\/\" data-type=\"Internal link\" data-type-location=\"in-content-trending\">Here Are the Deep State Officials Who Told Us Hunter Biden&#8217;s Laptop Was &#8216;Russian Disinformation&#8217;<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">A shooting at a car show in rural Arkansas left at least 20 people shot, including kids. At least one person has died, police say <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/OepN7wC9Wr\">https:\/\/t.co\/OepN7wC9Wr<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 ABC News (@ABC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ABC\/status\/1505393825832968201?\">March 20, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The Arkansas State Police is leading the investigation, the agency stated in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dps.arkansas.gov\/news\/dumas-shooting-incident-remains-under-investigation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news release<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne suspect is in custody and a search is continuing today for others who may have been firing into the crowd of people shortly after 7 PM yesterday,\u201d the release stated.<\/p>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-container\" class=\"one-half\">\n<p>Is this going to be used as more ammunition by groups that oppose the Second Amendment?<\/p>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-results\">\n<p>\nYes: 99% (757 Votes)\n<\/p>\n<p>\nNo: 1% (10 Votes)\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cSpecial Agents of the state police Criminal Investigation Division have worked through the night interviewing victims and witnesses.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cState troopers assigned to the Highway Patrol Division have been assisting Dumas police officers restore calm to the community and securing the crime scene along U.S. Highway 65 which runs through the center of the southeast Arkansas town,\u201d the release said.<\/p>\n<p>Wallace McGhee of the\u00a0Delta Neighborhood Empowerment Youth Organization\u00a0said the group had been holding the Hood-Nic event for 16 years without any trouble, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kark.com\/news\/local-news\/organizers-of-car-show-in-dumas-where-1-was-killed-and-10-injured-said-event-supported-nonviolence\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">KARK-TV<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSend ya\u2019ll prayers, send y\u2019all condolences,\u201d McGehee said, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/us-news\/many-10-injured-shooting-arkansas-car-show-state-police-say-rcna20761\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NBC.<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">BREAKING: Wallace McGehee, the car show organizer, has addressed tonight\u2019s shooting that left at least 10 people injured in Dumas, Arkansas.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe apologize for all of this to happen. This has never happened with us in our event ever.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ARNews?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ARNews<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/CGeba2s3qh\">pic.twitter.com\/CGeba2s3qh<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Shelby Rose (@KATVShelby) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KATVShelby\/status\/1505390694696992768?\">March 20, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div id=\"in-article-related\" class=\"in-article-more inner-content\">\n<p>Related:<\/p>\n<div class=\"in-article-more-right\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/war-impacts-us-stores-products-pulled-shelves\/\" data-type=\"Internal link\" data-type-location=\"in-content-related\">War Impacts US Stores as Products Are Pulled from Shelves<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The organization said on its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.deltaneyo.com\/\">website<\/a> that the event \u201chas taken place the weekend of spring break of every year. Our goal is to raise funds, which will provide scholarships, school supplies,\u00a0and more to deserving individuals.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kris Love-Keys, the chief development officer for the Hood-Nic Foundation, said the children <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/really-war-pro-blm-shooter-gave-chilling-interview-pulled-trigger-mayoral-candidate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">shot<\/a> were \u201cstable and doing OK\u201d without saying how many were shot, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2022\/03\/20\/us\/arkansas-car-show-shooting-dumas.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The New York Times<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">One person was killed and at least 24 others were wounded in a shooting at a car show in Arkansas on Saturday night, the authorities said. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/36V32Dbemz\">https:\/\/t.co\/36V32Dbemz<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The New York Times (@nytimes) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nytimes\/status\/1505544017907523590?\">March 20, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cWe are heartbroken and in shock at what took place during tonight\u2019s car show. Several people were shot by an unknown suspect. The full extent of the injuries has not yet been disclosed. State Patrol is currently investigating the situation,\u201d the Hood-Nic Foundation posted on its<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/TheHoodNicFoundation\/\"> Facebook<\/a> page.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you know anything, please report it to the authorities. The purpose of Hood-Nic has always been to bring the community together. This senseless violence needs to end. Sending our prayers,\u201d the group posted.<\/p>\n<div id=\"author-info-44685\" class=\"author-info inner-content\">\n<div class=\"author-image\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/russdavis\/\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/static.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/foto4wj-jack-davis-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"image\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-meta-text\">\n<p>Contributor, News<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A charity event in southeastern Arkansas devolved into a shooting gallery Saturday night. 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