Gunshots interrupt high school football game in St. Louis

Nick Birdsong

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Gunfire disrupted a high school football game in St. Louis on Friday night. 

Witnesses told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch  they heard several shots during the second half of the matchup between Vashon and Gateway. The game was played at Sumner High School in north St. Louis. 

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No one at the game was injured, and police don't believe anyone in attendance was the target. A man in his 20s was found with a gunshot wound behind his ear a mile and a half away from the site of the game. 

Nick Birdsong