A shooting spree in the parking lot of a dog track caused spectators in the packed grandstand to stampede onto the track, injuring 40 people, and a guard was shot in the leg.
An unknown gunman indiscriminately fired shots from the parking lot of the Victoryland dog track toward the main track building late Friday, then drove away while continuing to shoot, track president Milton McGregor said Saturday.The gunfire "created a panic circumstance in the first floor viewing area" of the grandstand, McGregor said.
Several hundred people stampeded onto the track, causing most of the injuries, law enforcement officers at the scene said.