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Shots fired into a crowd of hundreds after a holiday festival in Texas leaves 3 dead, 8 injured

By JAMIE STENGLE
Associated Press

DALLAS (AP) — Authorities say three people were killed and eight injured when shots were fired into a crowd of hundreds after a holiday festival in a Texas neighborhood. The shooting in the Fort Worth neighborhood of Como happened late Monday night, just hours after the annual ComoFest. Responding officers found multiple victims in a parking lot, including one who was pronounced dead at the scene. Police say one of the 11 victims is a juvenile. No arrests had been made as of Tuesday morning. ComoFest is the Independence Day celebration for Fort Worth’s Como neighborhood, a historically Black community.

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