At a news conference Sunday afternoon, police identified the person killed as 23-year-old Cameron Shaffer of Jacksonville, Arkansas. There was no indication Schaffer was involved in act of shooting itself, they said.
“Our thoughts and prayers are with his family and also with all the families and our shooting victims as a result of this incident,” Col. Bill Bryant of the Arkansas State Police told reporters.
Police believe there was “no mass shooting intended,” with the incident triggered by two individuals who exchanged fire around 7 p.m. CT (8 p.m. ET) Saturday at the community car show.
“It’s shocking,” he said. “We have a small community, a farming community in Dumas of 5,000 people and then we have an incident of multi-victims … you don’t expect that from small town Arkansas.”
“As the investigation continues, I will examine details to see if there are any steps that could have been taken to prevent this type of tragedy,” Hutchinson said in the statement.
Children among victims of shooting
Earlier Sunday, state police said that 24 people had been wounded in the incident, while Arkansas Children’s Hospital said it had treated six victims aged under 18.
The hospital said the children’s wounds were non-life-threatening and most of them had been released from the hospital following treatment.
“Arkansas Children’s Hospital in Little Rock received six patients under 18 with gun shot wounds from the incident, none fatal. Most of the patients have been treated and released,” Hilary DeMillo, media relations manager for the hospital, told CNN in an email.
Bryant told the news conference that five children — aged 11, 9, 8, 23 months and 19 months — were transported to Arkansas Children’s Hospital after the incident and that police were working to verify whether a sixth child was involved. Five victims had since been released from the hospital, he…
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