North Carolina shooting: 2 dead after planned fight escalates

Two dead after 'planned' fight in North Carolina

We are getting the latest updates as two people are reportedly dead after a planned fight at a park in North Carolina escalated into a shooting on Monday. Winston-Salem Police recently announced that a fight involving "two young individuals" happened just before 10 a.m. local time. They had agreed to meet at a park and the situation escalated "significantly," police said, leading to gunfire. Winston-Salem Police Chief William Penn Jr. as well as other law enforcement officials took questions after the shooting. 

Two teenagers are dead after a planned fight at a park in North Carolina escalated into a shooting, police said Monday. 

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Salem-Winston Police said in a press conference Monday afternoon that seven people were shot, two of whom died, after a fight escalated at a park. 

Police said the fight involving "two young individuals" happened just before 10 a.m. local time. 

They had agreed to meet at Leinbach Park, which was near a middle school, and the situation escalated "significantly," police said, leading to multiple people exchanging gunfire. Police stressed the fight and shooting was contained at the park and did not happen on nearby school property.

Police directing cars after a shooting at Leinbach Park in North Carolina. Image source and credit: WGHP

Police said the two people that were killed were 16- and 17-year-old boys. Chief William Penn wouldn't elaborate if they were the people that had planned to fight. 

The five other people that police said were hurt in the shootout include:

• 14-year-old girl
• 15-year-old girl
• 17-year-old girl
• 18-year-old man
• 19-year-old woman

Police didn’t give details about what the fight was about.

Police added that some of the victims may have also been involved in the shootout, and were working to confirm the details. 

No one is in custody at this time.