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groundloop

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Sun Jun 1, 2025, 10:30 PM Jun 1

5 shot, 1 fatally, in gunfight at outdoor gathering in Virginia, say police [View all]

Source: ABC News

At least five people were shot, one fatally, early Sunday when a gunfight erupted between two groups of people at a large outdoor gathering in Danville, Virginia, police said.

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Upon arrival, officers found a man suffering from a gunshot wound to his upper body and sitting alone in a Chrysler sedan that was parked in the middle of a roadway, according to the police statement. The man, identified by police at 22-year-old Jay'Shaun Tiejae White of Hurt, Virginia, was pronounced dead at the scene, authorities said.

A man believed to have been driving the Chrysler when the shooting broke out was discovered on an adjacent street also suffering from a gunshot wound, police said, adding that he was taken by ambulance to the SOVAH Health hospital in Danville. His condition was not immediately available.

Three other gunshot victims, two adult men and a 19-year-old woman, later showed up in private vehicles at SOVAH Health and were treated for their injuries, police said.

Read more: https://abcnews.go.com/US/5-shot-1-fatally-gunfight-outdoor-gathering-virginia/story?id=122397898



'Murica!!!!!!

At least nobody's second amendment rights were infringed upon.
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