Officials say 1 was killed and 9 others were injured in a shooting near Tennessee State University after the homecoming parade

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A shooting Saturday near Tennessee State University left one man dead and nine other people injured as the school celebrated homecoming in Nashville – and investigators believe at least one of the injured was involved in the shooting, said Officer.

The shooting happened around 5 p.m. on a street where TSU’s homecoming parade had taken place that morning, Nashville police and firefighters said at a news conference Saturday evening. The man who died was 24 years old, police said on X. His name, the names of those injured and information about a motive were not immediately released.

At least three of the injured were children with non-critical injuries, Nashville police said on X. A 12-year-old girl and two 14-year-old girls were taken to an area children’s hospital, according to Don Aaron, a spokesman for the Metropolitan Nashville Police Department.

The other victims ranged in age from a 23-year-old man to a 55-year-old woman, Aaron said, adding that the woman was in critical condition.

“We believe the others will survive and recover,” Aaron said.

At least one of the injured “is suspected of involvement in the shooting,” Nashville police said on X. Police did not immediately say whether they were looking for anyone in connection with the shooting.

Investigators did not immediately know whether the people shot were TSU students, said Cmdr. the Nashville Police Department. Anthony McClain told reporters.

“We believe this was kind of a side note to the (homecoming) celebration” and “not a direct reflection of the university itself,” McClain said.

Firefighters who were already in the area doing social work during the morning parade rushed to the wounded after the shots, said city fire department spokeswoman Kendra Loney.

Firefighters who were at the scene “said it just sounded like fireworks … until they realized it wasn’t,” Loney said.

“Our staff told me about a few times where they ripped off their belts and used them as tourniquets, for example, because they didn’t have their medical bags with them,” Loney said.

The shooting “interrupted what was otherwise an entertaining and eventful day for many people here,” Loney said.

Of the 10 people shot, five were taken to hospitals by firefighters and the others were “dispatched from private vehicles,” Nashville police spokeswoman Brooke Reese said.

Authorities are making progress in their investigation, which is ongoing, Aaron said.

“There is no evidence of a gang relationship,” Aaron said. “It was two groups of people who insulted each other and opened fire on each other in a crowd.”

Homecoming week at the university came to an end on Saturday. The school’s football team played its homecoming game Saturday night at Nissan Stadium in Nashville, about 3 miles east of where the shooting occurred.