The Nation - News from Aug. 5, 1985
Rival gangs armed with automatic weapons exchanged fire in a crowded park in Oakland, N.J., killing at least two persons and injuring 20 others, five critically. The shooting broke out at the 26-acre Frank R. Gallo Sports Complex in the New York City suburb, and part of a summer crowd estimated at 1,500 persons was caught in the cross fire, police said. Three persons were arrested. The injured were taken to five hospitals with gunshot wounds and other injuries, police said.
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