CAMERON, Oklahoma — Five student-athletes on the baseball team in Cameron were shot at on Tuesday evening while driving to a weightlifting session for their baseball team, according to the Cameron Public Schools superintendent.
“All five of them were really, really shook up,” said John Long.
The shooting happened around 6 p.m., in Poteau on the bypass away from school property, the district leader tells us.
“This red Mustang was in front of them, and when they pulled through the light, [the Mustang] pulled over and they went by it, but when they did that, it pulled out behind them, and the driver pulled up beside them on the bridge, and started waving a pistol before shooting through the back door,” said Cameron Superintendent John Long.
Long says there were three teens in the backseat and the bullet went through the seat and hit the kid in the middle. He says they all panicked.
The students drove directly to their scheduled practice after the shooting, where their coach called emergency services, along with the LeFlore County Sheriff's Office.
Long says one student was shot in the lower part of the leg and was taken by helicopter to Arkansas Children's Northwest. He has since been released and is home recovering.
Police believe they have located the car in Poteau, according to reports.
As of June 7, the Poteau Police Department announced that they had located the suspect and there is "no further threat to our community."
In the same statement, the Poteau PD also released information about the direction of the investigation. After finding out that both the suspect and the victim are Native American, the case is now being investigated by the Choctaw National Tribal Police.
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