Shots Ring Out At Kwanzaafest

Dallas police continue to search for the person who fired shots at Kwanzaafest in Fair Park Saturday night.

Officers say a fight broke out at a concert and may have led to the shooting.

Police response teams dressed in riot gear had to use pepper spray to break up a crowd of people throwing rocks.

The victim, an African-American man in his 20's is recovering at Baylor Medical Center from non-life threatening injuries.

Kwanzafest is a two-day event in Dallas Fair Park where consumers can support black-owned businesses while Christmas shopping.

A press release touts the event as an opportunity for consumers and vendors to practice Kwanzaa principles, which are unity, self-determination, collective work and responsibility, cooperative economics, purpose, creativity and faith.

The event started in 1991. The 18th annual Kwanzaafest resumes Sunday from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. in the Automobile Building.

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