Shooting Injures 2 at Missouri High School Graduation Ceremony

Shooting Injures 2 at Missouri High School Graduation Ceremony
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CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo.—Two people were injured when gunfire broke out during a high school graduation commencement in Missouri, causing hundreds of people to scatter and forcing the ceremony to be postponed.

The shooting happened around 2:30 p.m. Sunday in Cape Girardeau, a city of 40,000 residents about 115 miles (185 km) south of St. Louis. The two people injured were not students. Both are expected to survive, police said in a statement.