NEWYou can now hear Fox News articles. A planned fight between several young people escalated into a shooting Monday near a North Carolina Middle School, leaving two dead and several others injured. Shots were fired just after 9:50 am during a planned fight between 2 juveniles at Leinbach Park near Jefferson Middle School, Winston-Salem. POLICE: STUDENT CHARGED AND WEAPON RETRIEVED AFTER THREE TEENS TARGETED FOR INCIDENT LINKED WITH HIGH SCHOOL TRADITIONS”When the individuals met in the park, the incident escalated significantly and multiple people exchanged gunfire,” wrote the Winston-Salem Police Department on X. Police said that two people were killed and unspecified numbers of people were injured. Authorities said they had located several people, including victims and suspects. The number of people involved means that efforts are being made to track down everyone. Police said that some of the people involved in the incident were juveniles at this time. The North Carolina Bureau of Investigation said that the shooting took place in a nearby park, not at the school.
