EMS worker shot responding to a call at Juneteenth celebration
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>>> A SHOOTING AT A JUNETEENTH
CELEBRATION THIS EVENING IN
SOUTHEAST RALEIGH AND IT WAS AN
EMS WORKER HIT BY GUNFIRE.
POLICE JUST CLEARED THE SCENE
AT ROBERTS PARK IN THE LAST
HALF-HOUR.
KEENAN IS THERE LIVE WITH WHAT
WITNESSES SAY LED UP TO THE
SHOOTING.
>> Reporter: IT WAS RIGHT HERE
AT ROBERTS PARK THAT POLICE SAY
SOMEONE OPENED FIRE DURING A
JUNETEENTH COOK OUT HITTING AN
EMS WORKER AND THEIR AMBULANCE.
CELEBRATING THE SOUL FOOD
JUNETEENTH EVENT WITH FOOD
TRUCKS AND BASKETBALL.
AN AMBULANCE WAS CALLED OUT TO
THE PARK.
THAT'S WHEN SOMEONE BEGAN
FIRING OFF GUNSHOTS.
THE MOOD TURNED FROM
CELEBRATION TO PANIC AS THE
CROWD RUSHED TO GET AWAY FROM
THE SHOOTER.
THE EMS WORKER WAS TAKEN TO THE
HOSPITAL AND WASN'T SERIOUSLY
INJURED.
THOSE IN THE CROWD SAY THE
SHOOTING CAST A SHADOW OVER
WHAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN A SPECIAL
DAY FOR THE COMMUNITY.
>> WE WAS HAVING FUN.
IT WAS A GOOD LITTLE GET
TOGETHER FOR JUNETEENTH.
AND IT'S ALWAYS A GOOD VIBE AND
THEN ALWAYS HAS TO HAVE A LEFT
TURN BECAUSE KIDS DON'T KNOW
HOW TO ACT.
>> Reporter: THIS INVESTIGATION
IS ON GOING.
POLICE HAVEN'T NAMED A SUSPECT
OR GIVEN A MOTIVE FOR THE
SHOOTING YET.
>> SO DIFFICULT TO HEAR THAT.