Two suspects held in fatal shooting at Georgia graduation ceremony
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Law enforcement officers talk as a car is towed away in the Mt. Zion High School parking lot as part of an investigation into a shooting Friday, May 18, 2018, in Jonesboro, Ga. (Associated Press)
Two people have been arrested in connection with Friday night’s fatal shooting that followed a high school graduation ceremony in Jonesboro, Ga.
One woman was killed and another was injured when shots rang out in a parking lot of a performing arts center where students of the Perry Career Academy, an alternative high school, received their diplomas, police said.
A Clayton County Sheriff's Deputy stands watch over a parking lot at Mt. Zion High School as three cars are towed away as part of an investigation into a fatal shooting Friday, May 18, 2018, in Jonesboro, Ga. One person was killed and another wounded. (Associated Press)
“We are saddened that such an incident has occurred that overshadows such a positive ceremony involving an exceptional group of graduating seniors,” Clayton County Public Schools Superintendent Morcease Beasley said in a statement.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}“We are saddened that such an incident has occurred that overshadows such a positive ceremony involving an exceptional group of graduating seniors.”
Two shooters had begun firing at one another following an argument, according to police.
Marcena Davis, a spokeswoman for the Clayton County Police Department, confirmed the arrests, but said the suspects’ names and charges were not being released yet, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported.
The arrests were made after investigators interviewed several people late into the night, Davis said.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Jonesboro is about 20 miles south of Atlanta.
The Associated Press contributed to this story.