According to local news affiliate CBS4 Denver: “Gunfire erupted at a Denver park Saturday, injuring two people and sending tens of thousands gathered for an annual pot celebration fleeing the area, police said.”
Witnesses reported hearing at least 4 or 5 shots and two persons, a man and a woman as well as a dog, were shot but are expected to survive.
The crowd of about 80,000 had gathered at the Civic Center Park to celebrate the marijuana/counterculture holiday known simply as 4/20 on what would be the first celebration since Colorado legalized pot for recreational use last year.
CBS4 reported:
“I saw him fall, grabbing his leg,” said Travis Craig, 28, who was at the celebration, saw the shooting and said he used a belt to apply a tourniquet to the man’s leg.
“He was just screaming that he was in pain, and wanted to know where his girlfriend was. She was okay. And then the cops showed up real quick, like, less than a minute. They put him on ambulance and left.”
You can watch two news clips below followed by some raw amateur footage from the scene:
Rapper Lil’ Flip was performing when the shootings occurred this footage was shot from a camera recording the stage performance.
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