Skatepark shooting leaves 1 injured

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From Waff Channel 48

HUNTSVILLE, AL (WAFF) –
Huntsville Police responded to a shooting at the city’s skate park Sunday evening.

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It happened after 7:30 p.m. at the Lydia Gold Skatepark off of Cleveland Avenue.

Witnesses said the shooting stemmed from an argument between a photographer taking pictures of people posing at the park and a skater wanting to use the same area.

A witness was at the skatepark when the confrontation began. She said someone from the photographer’s group grabbed a sub-machine gun and said they were “going to waste everyone.”

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