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Video above before the homecoming football game was canceled.The Anniston High School homecoming football game was canceled Friday and its parade was canceled Thursday after several students were involved in an off-campus shooting. Noble Street in downtown Anniston was supposed to be filled Thursday night with people ready to cheer on the Anniston High School Bulldogs as they gear up for their homecoming game on Friday. Many people said their excitement turned to disappointment when school officials canceled the parade out of caution for everyone’s safety.“This is something they do every year,” Anniston High School parent Brandi Dobbins said. “Homecoming week is a big thing at Anniston High. Everybody was going to be out there today ready to support the Bulldogs because a lot of people go way back to ‘77 that still support the Bulldogs.”Follow us on social: Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | YouTube The South Highland Community Center sounded like a war zone Tuesday when police estimated 30 to 50 rounds of gunfire rang out.A teenager is recovering Thursday night after police say she was shot. This all happened after a group of girls fought at a community center in Anniston.“Our young people don’t respect themselves enough and don’t respect each other enough that they’re not going to take another life,” Anniston police Chief Nick Bowels said. “This isn’t ‘Call of Duty.' It’s a miracle that no one else was struck, and no one else was killed in that, especially with how many rounds were fired.“A lot of people were hurt behind it because the upper like their kids are getting taken from because other people don’t know how to act in the community.”Tan Fegans, an Anniston High School graduate, said the way young people have settled disagreements has changed since she was in high school.“Guns should never be the end result,” she said. “They should never be there.”WVTM 13 On The Go: Download our app for freeAfter the teenage girl recovers from being shot in the back, Bowels is begging the youth to think about their actions before pulling the trigger.“If you leave the house to go to a party and you’re not even involved in it, but if you say goodbye to your parents for the last time, but you don’t even know it could be your friend or, you know, another group that takes your life. And it’s just I don’t think our youth realize that you’re not coming back from this if something like that happens," Bowels said. When the parade was canceled, the Anniston Bulldogs were still expected to hit the gridiron Friday to play their homecoming game. That game was canceled Friday, the school confirmed.White Plains High School canceled, resulting in a forfeit, according to Alabama High School Athletic Association rules.
ANNISTON, Ala. —
Video above before the homecoming football game was canceled.
The Anniston High School homecoming football game was canceled Friday and its parade was canceled Thursday after several students were involved in an off-campus shooting.
Noble Street in downtown Anniston was supposed to be filled Thursday night with people ready to cheer on the Anniston High School Bulldogs as they gear up for their homecoming game on Friday. Many people said their excitement turned to disappointment when school officials canceled the parade out of caution for everyone’s safety.
“This is something they do every year,” Anniston High School parent Brandi Dobbins said. “Homecoming week is a big thing at Anniston High. Everybody was going to be out there today ready to support the Bulldogs because a lot of people go way back to ‘77 that still support the Bulldogs.”
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The South Highland Community Center sounded like a war zone Tuesday when police estimated 30 to 50 rounds of gunfire rang out.
A teenager is recovering Thursday night after police say she was shot. This all happened after a group of girls fought at a community center in Anniston.
“Our young people don’t respect themselves enough and don’t respect each other enough that they’re not going to take another life,” Anniston police Chief Nick Bowels said. “This isn’t ‘Call of Duty.' It’s a miracle that no one else was struck, and no one else was killed in that, especially with how many rounds were fired.
“A lot of people were hurt behind it because the upper like their kids are getting taken from because other people don’t know how to act in the community.”
Tan Fegans, an Anniston High School graduate, said the way young people have settled disagreements has changed since she was in high school.
“Guns should never be the end result,” she said. “They should never be there.”
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After the teenage girl recovers from being shot in the back, Bowels is begging the youth to think about their actions before pulling the trigger.
“If you leave the house to go to a party and you’re not even involved in it, but if you say goodbye to your parents for the last time, but you don’t even know it could be your friend or, you know, another group that takes your life. And it’s just I don’t think our youth realize that you’re not coming back from this if something like that happens," Bowels said.
When the parade was canceled, the Anniston Bulldogs were still expected to hit the gridiron Friday to play their homecoming game. That game was canceled Friday, the school confirmed.
White Plains High School canceled, resulting in a forfeit, according to Alabama High School Athletic Association rules.
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