Planned fight escalates to mass shooting at North Carolina park, authorities say

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) — Police responded to a mass shooting that occurred after a planned fight involving young people escalated and led to multiple people shooting at each other at a North Carolina park on Monday morning, authorities said.

The shooting happened around 10 a.m. at Leinbach Park, which is near Jefferson Middle School, Winston-Salem police said in a social media post. Police did not have a confirmed number of victims, and they said suspects were still at large.

The shooting did not occur at the school, which was on lockdown until the scene was secure, the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation said.

Several people, both victims and suspects, have been identified and located, but efforts were ongoing to account for everyone, police said. Some of those involved in the incident were juveniles.