A shooting was feared at the Eden Prairie High School in Minnesota on October 2. The high school is at 17185 Valley View Road. This came amid the high school football game between Eden Prairie and Minnetonka, with the game being postponed in the fourth quarter, as per reports.
Eden Prairie issued a statement on the evacuation, saying “We’re evacuating homecoming. All visitors being directed Round Lake Park for reunification. In further updates, the high school shared “Eden Prairie Police Department has secured the area. Evacuation continues for all attendees. Again, all students, families and staff are evacuating homecoming. People should either head to the baseball diamonds to exit, or for those who need to be picked up head to Round Lake Park.”
We’ll provide an update within 10 minutes.
Expect slow traffic in the area and follow all directions from law enforcement,” and added “There has been an emergency requiring a police response.
A local news page noted “Shots or shooting. Eden Prairie Minnetonka game postponed in 4th quarter. Smelled like gun powder and everyone had to evacuate. Police from all surrounding cities are flooding the area. However, they added there was no official confirmation yet. They shared a video from the scene as well. Notably, the text attached with the video remains a speculation and has not been verified by authorities yet. The stadium is being evacuated, nearby roads being shut down and a large police presence remains in the area. Several people reacted to the news of the shooting at Eden Prairie High School.
Another local news page added more details, writing “Officers from multiple agencies are on scene at the Eden Prairie High School football stadium after a shooting that apparently took place outside the stadium around 8:45 p.m. while a football game was being played inside.
One male victim was found down and with a gunshot wound to the leg, with another victim also found with a gunshot wound to the leg a short time later, according to initial emergency radio dispatches. “Eden prairie homecoming football game being evacuated,” one wrote . Another added “Extremely active situation avoid the area lots of emergency vehicles incoming!”. One person further said “I happened to be in the area when I noticed the absolutely massive response from as many agencies as you can count. Spoke with someone at an intersection who said there was a gun, but couldn’t confirm reports of shots.”
