At least four people were sprayed with bullets in a Boston suburb during a Cape Verde World Cup celebration that turned violent Friday night.
Hundreds of Cape Verde fanatics gathered in the downtown Brockton neighborhood when cops received multiple reports of gunfire on Main Street just before midnight, according to Boston 25 News.
“Officers responded to the intersection of Main Street and Park Street and found at least four people with gunshot wounds,” the Brockton Police Department said in a statement.
The severity of the injuries and identities of the victims were not reported by authorities.
No arrests have been made and an investigation into the gunfire shooting is ongoing, according to reports.
Cape Verde tied with Saudi Arabia in a game that was played in Atlanta on Friday night.
The tiny African island nation became the smallest country to qualify for the World Cup’s knockout round with Friday’s draw.
Brockton is home to the largest Cape Verdean population in the US, according to NBC Boston.
France and Norway faced off at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts, on Friday night with no reports of chaos stemming from Francophilic celebrations of Les Bleus 4-1 win.
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