By Associated Press - Tuesday, May 30, 2017

BLYTHEVILLE, Ark. (AP) - Blytheville police are investigating after a person was fatally shot at a city park.

Blytheville police say the shooting happened Monday night at Williams Park. The Blytheville Courier News reports (https://bit.ly/2qxGIUL ) that another person was killed in a nearby traffic crash moments later, but there was no immediate indication that the two events are connected.

Authorities have not released the names of the shooting victim or the person killed in the crash.



Monday’s killing is the second shooting death to occur at Williams Park in less than two years.

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