Gun fired in air outside commencement in Kalamazoo

[jpak]

http://www.freep.com/article/20110610/NEWS06/110610003/Gun-fired-air-outside-commencement-Kalamazoo

Authorities say a handgun was fired into the air during a large fight outside a southwestern Michigan high school graduation ceremony.

Police in Kalamazoo say the fight happened about 9 p.m. Thursday in the parking lot of Wings Stadium, which was hosting Kalamazoo Central High School's commencement.

No serious injuries were reported.

Witnesses told police that a group of people showed up at the ceremony and tried to start a fight with some in attendance at the ceremony. Security tried to make them leave but a group of people attending the commencement confronted the other group, and the fight began.

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[elocs]

1. What goes up must come down. People get killed that way. n/t

[MichiganVote]

2. This was the HS at which Obama gave a commencement speech last year.