Shooting inside Chuck E Cheese’s on U.S. 280 leaves 1 wounded, 1 detained
A man was shot inside Chuck Cheese’s on U.S. 280 Sunday afternoon.
Shelby County 911 received a call at 4:50 p.m. reporting a shooting inside the restaurant in Inverness.
Sheriff’s Chief Deputy Clay Hammac said both Shelby County deputies and Hoover police responded to the scene. They arrived to find an adult male with a gunshot wound to the abdomen.
The victim was taken to a Birmingham hospital by Cahaba Valley Fire and Rescue. The severity of his injury was not immediately known.
Hammac said details about the shooting are still unfolding, but said it happened during a family gathering.
A suspect is in custody, and Hammac said the two men know each other.
Law enforcement officers have secured the scene and detectives are en route.
It wasn’t immediately clear what kind of gathering was taking place inside, but multiple people were wearing matching t-shirts.
This story will be updated as more information becomes available.
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