LMPD investigating shooting, interstate fight and a possible connection

LEAVE. WE’RE GOING TO GET TO THOSE STORIES IN JUST A MINUTE. BUT FIRST WE ARE FOLLOWING SOME BREAKING NEWS OUT OF OKOLONA. NOW, THAT’S WHERE POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING A SHOOTING ON OUTER LOOP AT PRESTON HIGHWAY. ARE SHAQUILLE LORD IS THERE IN CHECK? WE JUST GOT AN UPDATE FROM LMPD. YEAH, KERRY AND ERICA THERE ARE TWO SCENES. ACCORDING TO A HOMICIDE DETECTIVE THAT WE JUST SPOKE WITH. I’M GOING TO SET THE SCENE FOR YOU REALLY QUICK. WE’RE HERE AT OUTER LOOP NEAR PRESTON HIGHWAY, WHERE ACTUALLY, THE LANES JUST OPENED UP WITHIN THE PAST FEW MINUTES. NOW, I DON’T KNOW IF YOU CAN SEE THAT KIA. THAT HYUNDAI. EXCUSE ME. THAT’S IN THE DITCH. THAT IS THE CENTER OF INVESTIGATION. NOW, HERE’S WHAT WE KNOW FROM POLICE. THERE ARE TWO SCENES. THERE WAS A FIGHT THAT TOOK PLACE ON I-65 NORTH NOT FAR FROM HERE, NEAR OUTER LOOP. NOW WE’RE TOLD THAT THAT PERSON CALLED POLICE. THEY SAID THAT THEY HAD INJURIES. THEY WERE TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL. THEN POLICE GOT A CALL A FEW MINUTES LATER ABOUT A DRIVER HERE, HERE AT OUTER LOOP NEAR PRESTON HIGHWAY, WHO SAID HE HAD BEEN SHOT. TAKE A LISTEN TO WHAT POLICE JUST HAD TO SAY. THE PERSON INSIDE THE VEHICLE HAD ADVISED THEY’D BEEN SHOT. EMS WAS CONTACTED AND THEY WERE TRANSPORTED DOWN TO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL, WHERE THEY WERE TAKEN TO ROOM NINE AND TAKEN IMMEDIATELY. SURGERY. I DON’T HAVE AN UPDATE ON THE STATUS OF THE VICTIM AT THIS POINT. YEAH, A LOT OF MOVING PARTS. ACCORDING TO, UH, THAT OFFICER THAT YOU JUST HEARD, THEY SAID THEY DON’T KNOW WHY THESE TWO INDIVIDUALS GOT INTO A FIGHT. THAT IS SOMETHING THAT THEY’RE STILL CURRENTLY INVESTIGATING. AS YOU JUST HEARD, THEY SAID THAT THAT VICTIM IS IN SURGERY AT LAST CHECK. BUT, YEAH, STILL A LOT OF UNKNOWNS AT THIS POINT. BUT AS I JUST MENTIONED, THE CENTER OF THE INVESTIGATION IS RIGHT THERE RIGHT BEHIND ME AT THAT. HYUNDAI LANES ARE NOW OPEN BACK UP. AND OF COURSE, ONCE WE LEARN MORE INFORMATION, WE’LL BE SURE TO LET YOU KNOW ONLINE, ON AIR AND ON OUR FREE WLKY MOBILE NEWS APP FOR RIGHT NOW. REPORTING LIVE IN OKOLONA, I’M SHAQUILLE LORD W-L-K-Y NEWS. BACK TO YOU. THANK YOU SHAQ AND AGAIN THE SHOOTING VICTIM INSIDE THAT CAR. WE STILL DON’T KNOW IF THAT THEY WERE