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MENOMONEE FALLS – A Silver Alert has been issued for a missing Menomonee Falls woman.

Beth Sorensen, 85, was last seen about 7:30 p.m. Sunday at a gas station in Oconomowoc and appeared confused. Authorities say a gas station employee called police, but Sorensen left before officers arrived.

She is believed to have dementia or some other cognitive impairment.

The Wisconsin Department of Justice says Sorensen is 5’2″ and weighs about 125 pounds with gray, curly hair and blue eyes. She also wears glasses and walks with a limp.

Authorities say she is driving a green 1999 Honda Odyssey minivan with Wisconsin license plate 503-CBE.

If you have any information, call Menomonee Falls Police at (262) 532-8700.

Grand Chute – The Division III College World Series returns to Fox Cities stadium on Friday, and the schedule was released on Sunday. Here’s a look at the line-up for the first round of games:

Frostburg State vs. Ramapo
May 22 10:00AM

SUNY Cortland vs. Webster
May 22 1:15PM

Trinity (Texas) vs. Emory
May 22 4:30PM

Wis.-La Crosse vs. Salisbury
May 22 7:45PM

CONCORD, N.C. (AP) – Denny Hamlin intently watched the qualifying event for NASCAR’s annual All-Star race and noticed, as has been the case in recent years, the driver out front in the waning laps was almost certainly guaranteed the win.

As Greg Biffle led all 20 laps of the Sprint Showdown to earn a spot in the All-Star race, Hamlin understood that nothing about NASCAR’s current rules package has changed. To win the $1 million prize on Saturday night, he’d have to be the leader exiting Turn 2 on the first lap of the final segment.

Hamlin wasn’t alone in that theory.

With clean air so critical in this current rules package, chasing down the leader during a short run is next to impossible. The 110-lap All-Star race concludes with a 10-lap sprint to the finish and it’s proven time and again to not be enough laps for a challenger to mount a formidable attempt at the win.

“The final 10 laps, you’ve got to be on the front row,” Hamlin said. “Aero means so much with these cars nowadays that the person out front just has a huge advantage. I knew once we got cleared going into turn one, we had a great shot.”

And that’s how Hamlin earned what he considers the biggest win of his career. His victory in the dash-for-cash at Charlotte Motor Speedway gave team owner Joe Gibbs his first All-Star race victory in 24 years of trying, and it was the first for manufacturer Toyota.

He wasn’t alone in his belief that he had to be out front for that final restart, which came after a mandatory four-tire pit stop for the entire field. Cars entered pit road in the order of their average finishing position over the first four segments of the race, and Hamlin was sixth overall.

But his Joe Gibbs Racing team had won the pole earlier Saturday night, and he was pitting in the first stall on the track. The No. 11 crew, considered one of the top over-the-wall groups in the Sprint Cup Series, used a rapid pit stop to get Hamlin rolling and he held off Brad Keselowski in the race back to the track.

Keselowski rolled off second, but was flagged for speeding and had to forfeit that position. Had he not sped, he would have tried to beat Hamlin on the restart to control the final 10 laps.

He was unrepentant about speeding.

“Whoever gets the clean air with this format and this rules package is going to drive away,” Keselowski said. “I knew when I came out of my pit stall and the 11 was pulling out with me that I either beat him to that line or lose the race.

“I told my crew chief I’d rather go down swinging than take a strike and wonder what might have been. I swung and missed.”

Ultimately, Hamlin only had to hold off Kevin Harvick, who had the speed in his car to make a run at the win.

Harvick closed to within half a car length of Hamlin, but Hamlin defended Harvick’s charge by moving into the center of the track as Harvick tried to control the high line. The move proved the difference in holding off Harvick.

“Thought we were in a good spot. I had committed to the center of the corner and just really lost the front of the car up the racetrack, had to get out of the throttle, lost five or six spots,” said Harvick.

But Harvick, who has been consistently fast for 17 months now, felt good about the way his car performed and was one of the few drivers encouraged to return for next week’s Coca-Cola 600.

Only the longest race on the NASCAR schedule could very much turn into a single-file snooze-fest with meaningful passes at the front of the field at a minimum.

Yet NASCAR has indicated its 2016 rules package will likely look very similar to the current package – meaning unless something dramatic happens soon, this is the style of racing fans and drivers will see for at least another full season.

That seems to be the preference of team owners, who are forced to spend money with every change.

“There’s been good communication between the car owners and NASCAR – before we make a change, we look at the costs associated with it,” said Roger Penske. “The main thing is we’ve got to have enough time. That’s where they were if they weren’t able to make a decision by end of May, early June and let you know six months ahead of time, it’s pretty hard to execute.”

APPLETON – The Fox Valley Church of Christ held its second annual Water Walk to help raise money for clean drinking water in rural Africa.

The group hopes to raise enough money to drill a well for a rural African village that currently has no running water.

Organizers say nearly one billion people in the developing world don’t have access to safe drinking water.

On Sunday participants walked over two miles to gather water to raise funds for the water crisis.

Organizers say they are trying to show people what it’s like for others around the world.

“It’s symbolic of the journey that over one billion people will have to take every day in different parts of the world,” said Damon Brog with Fox Valley Church of Christ.

Last year, $7,000 was raised, and water was brought to a village in rural Kenya.

MILWAUKEE (AP) – A historic Milwaukee church will soon get stained-glass windows from the 1800s returned to them.

Greg Mistele tells WISN-TV his wife Joyce was an artist who had donated her talents to the windows’ restoration in the 1960s. But health problems related to the lead in the windows kept her from finishing them and she died in 2012.

Mistele rediscovered them recently as he was preparing to sell his house.

He says the windows belong to St. Stanislaus Church, where they were removed during a remodeling project in 1966.

The church happens to be undergoing another renovation project. So New Berlin stained-glass company, Conrad Schmitt Studios, is finishing the job.

GREEN BAY — As runners at the Cellcom Green Bay Marathon crossed the finish line after 13.1 or 26.2 miles, there was an array of expressions. Many smiled, some held aloft their running partner’s hands while others collapsed into the waiting arms of medical personnel.

“I was excited when I finished,” said Kenosha’s Keri Bieri, “but I also wanted to die.”

Runners are unlikely to forget the finishing feeling, even after plenty of races. Those crossing the threshold outside Lambeau Field said the physical toll was greater Sunday because of temperatures that, while ideal for spectators, were warm for runners.

“Especially the second half of the marathon,” said Shorewood’s Tyler Zwagerman, who finished 9th overall in the full marathon with a time of 2 hours and 50 minutes. “The first half hour, 45 minutes it was OK, but [the heat] really came on. We were dumping everything we could on ourselves to get through it.”

Once the adrenaline wears off and pain begins to subside, however, runners say there’s a feeling of accomplishment. De Pere’s Kelly Witt expressed hers while laying on a bench having her hamstrings stretched out by her family.

“It empowers you, you know you’re capable of doing anything,” said Witt who finished the full marathon in 3 hours and 49 minutes. “Anybody can do it, you just have to train for it. I feel very powerful. I feel like, it’s something I’m doing for me. In a way I feel selfish about it, but I enjoy it.”

NEENAH – A unique class offered at Neenah High School is making a difference in the lives of teens.

It’s designed to educate teens about some tough issues and look at how they play out in today’s society.

Learning about difficult topics is helping to empower students by advocating change in others.

When Arianna Castro was a senior at Neenah High School last year she made a website.

“[It’s] called I belong to me,” said Arianna.

The purpose? To inspire, educate and provide resources about sexual abuse.

“I shared my story and then I gave survivors a place to share their own experiences and how sexual abuse has affected them and their lives,” explained Arianna.

Arianna’s story begins at a young age.

“I was sexually abused by my cousin when I was six, and then before I turned 16 I had been sexually assaulted twice,” she explained.

Arianna says before starting this project, life seemed… well, kind of a chore.

“This project helped me change that view into life is okay, and yes I’ve been through some bad things, but I’m getting through it and I’m still here and I have, I have power that can change so many things,” she marveled.

Arianna tells me it all began in Sarah Cleveland’s Contemporary Literature class.

Sexual assault is just one of the many topics covered during the “It Takes Just One” unit, which culminates with a project like Arianna’s.

“The idea behind it is that we read books that talk about abuse, violence, oppression, stereotypes things like that,” said Cleveland.

Cleveland also brings in counselors, guest speakers and survivors to help bring relevance to the content and help tackle some of the difficult topics.

“That’s what has the students really opening up and has them a lot more invested in the project because they see – oh this happened to this person or this happened to my friend and I never knew those kinds of things,” Cleveland explained.

Based on whatever topic students connected with, they then get to work designing and creating their projects.

“I’ve had students that have done everything from artwork and photography to writing,” said Cleveland.

The goal of the unit project is for students to use the issues they’ve learned about as a jumping off point to create awareness about them at Neenah High School and in the community.

“It’s all about being that one person to speak up, to speak out, to make a difference,” Cleveland said.

Cleveland says, like Arianna, many students have shared their own personal stories and even sought help with their struggles as a result of the project.

“The ones that share their experiences and have a voice, they find that they’re able to take pain that they had and trauma that they had and transform it,” said Cleveland.

This is senior Erik Fritsch’s project. He created a Youtube video to tell his previously private story about being bullied.

“I thought there’d be no better way than just me sitting down sharing my personal experiences with the topic, and towards the end I explained how people can stop it, ways to notice people being bullied, stuff like that,” Fritsch said.

Senior Madalin Kowenstrot made a flower to raise awareness about child abuse.

“Each petal is a different type of abuse, and what to do in that type of situation, and who to contact and how to help the child,” explained Kowenstrot.

“My goal is, I want to give these teens hope,” said Elizabeth Van Abel, Reach Counseling’s Prevention Education Coordinator.

Together with Cleveland they began collaborating on the curriculum six years ago.

“That first semester we had 9 kids of 27 in the class come forward with their own stories of abuse. That’s pretty high,” said Van Abel.

Van Abel says the class provides opportunities to both help and empower teens.

She adds Neenah High School is the only school out of dozens in Winnebago County that has chosen to offer this type of class.

“It’s risky because you’re going to get disclosures. When you expose evil and it comes to the light, you are going to hear a lot of family issues. It’s going to get messy. I don’t know if some schools want to tackle that,” Van Abel said.

Cleveland says the challenging topics are appropriate for the classroom, adding she’s had no complaints from parents.

“It’s really necessary to have these tough conversations with kids especially while they’re still in high school and just about to go off into living on their own or college or real world kinds of things,” said Cleveland.

Now that Arianna is off living in the real world, she says thanks to Cleveland’s class she knows she deserves to live a full and happy life.

“It’s helped me realize that I’m not like a waste of space. I’m a person and I matter and I can help other people see that as well,” said Arianna.

The Wisconsin Coalition Against Sexual Assault provided Reach Counseling, a non-profit organization, with a grant to fund this initiative.

PRAGUE (AP) – Sidney Crosby led Canada to its first hockey world championship title since 2007 Sunday with a goal and an assist in a dominant 6-1 victory over defending champion Russia in the final.

In a meeting of the two most decorated teams in world championship history, Canada claimed its 25th title with another attacking display that Russia simply couldn’t cope with.

Canada outshot the Russians 15-5 in the opening period and 14-1 in the second.

Goaltender Mike Smith stopped 11 shots.

Six players scored for Canada, with Dallas Stars center Cody Eakin putting his team ahead late in the first period before Buffalo Sabres center Tyler Ennis, Crosby and Dallas Stars forward Tyler Seguin decided the game in a six-minute span in the second.

The Crosby-led team, coached by Todd McLellan, dominated throughout the tournament, winning all 10 games and scoring 66 goals. By winning all games in regulation, it won a new bonus of 1 million Swiss francs ($1.09 million).

Russia goaltender Sergei Bobrovsky made several good saves to keep Canada at bay until Eakin deflected a shot by Tyler Eanis into the net with 1:50 left in the first period.

Ennis took the puck on the Russian blue line and skated around the goal to net the second 1:56 into the middle period and Crosby scored with a one-timer off Jordan Eberle’s pass from behind the net before Seguin scored his ninth goal of the tournament.

Philadelphia Flyers forwards Claude Giroux and Colorado Avalanche forward Nathan MacKinnon added one each in the third before Russia’s got a consolation goal from Evgeni Malkin.

Earlier, the United States beat the Czech Republic 3-0 to claim a second bronze medal in three years.

The U.S. bounced back from a 4-0 loss to Russia in the semifinals on Saturday. Nick Bonino scored 7:25 into the game and Trevor Lewis got the second with 1:57 to go in the first.

After the U.S. killed a four-minute, one-man advantage, Charlie Coyle netted the third with 50 seconds left in the second to wrap up a decent tournament for the young American team. Bonino and Coyle also had an assist each.

“It was a great effort tonight. We were little bit of shaky at the start but once we settled things down we played pretty well,” said Lewis, the Los Angeles Kings forward. “We’re a young group, we battled hard all the way through. To come out with the medal is awesome.”

NEW YORK (AP) – Even before Noah Syndergaard could talk about stamping his place in the majors, the prized Mets pitching prospect wanted to start with a statement: “I hope Gomez is OK.”

Syndergaard earned his first big league win, the success tempered when he beaned Milwaukee star Carlos Gomez with a 96 mph fastball, and New York beat the Brewers 5-1 Sunday.

As Syndergaard spoke postgame, the report from the Brewers’ clubhouse was encouraging. Struck in the earflap of his helmet, Gomez had already passed the concussion protocol and hoped to play Monday night in Detroit.

“Lucky, man,” said Gomez, a big, C-shaped red welt wrapping around his left cheek.

Syndergaard (1-1) shut down the Brewers for the first five innings in his Citi Field debut, giving up just one single. In the sixth, he gave everyone a scare.

After a leadoff single, Syndergaard squarely hit Gomez. The two-time All-Star outfielder went face down in the dirt for a few seconds, and Syndergaard clapped into his glove when Gomez was helped into a sitting position by two Milwaukee trainers.

“It’s never really happened,” Syndergaard said. “It kind of rattled me a little bit.”

Gomez walked off the field with the trainers at his side and was replaced by a pinch runner.

While Gomez got assistance, Mets manager Terry Collins went to the mound to speak with the 22-year-old rookie.

“You could tell he was shook up,” Collins said.

Ryan Braun had an RBI single later in the inning. Syndergaard left after the sixth in his second game for the NL East leaders, having allowed three hits, striking out five and walking one.

Collins was impressed with how Syndergaard settled down after the accident, and with his preparation for this outing.

“He doesn’t just go out there and say, ‘Hey, I’ve got great stuff, I’m just going to pitch,'” Collins said.

Curtis Granderson hit a leadoff home run, Lucas Duda doubled twice and Michael Cuddyer drove in two runs to help the Mets win their second straight after a five-game skid.

Wily Peralta (1-5) had won all three of his previous three starts against the Mets. He quickly fell behind when Granderson connected on the second pitch for his 30th career leadoff homer.

A night earlier, Granderson singled during a 10-run burst in the fourth inning, and later homered to close out a 14-1 romp. Last-place Milwaukee has lost four of five.

Syndergaard actually pitched once before on the Citi Field mound, starting the 2013 All-Star Futures Game. Beaten by the Cubs at Wrigley Field five days earlier, he showed the home fans why the Mets are so high on him.

The 6-foot-6 Syndergaard came out zinging fastballs that topped out at 98 mph, and the pops from catcher Johnny Monell’s mitt echoed all around the ballpark. At times, he brought back memories of another rookie righty from Texas who also wore No. 34 when he debuted for the Mets a long time ago – Nolan Ryan.

Syndergaard is currently taking the fifth spot in the rotation earlier held by Dillon Gee, who’s on the disabled list. Collins has said the Mets will see how things shake out when Gee is ready to return.

“I know those decisions are coming down the line,” Collins said.

TRAINER’S ROOM

Mets: 3B David Wright (hamstring) is set to begin baseball activities on Monday. … Closer Bobby Parnell (Tommy John surgery) has a 12.71 ERA in six rehab appearances for Class A St. Lucie. He’ll likely pitch at a higher level in his next outing, and Collins said Parnell would probably be in “different surroundings.”

UP NEXT

Brewers: Milwaukee makes its first trip to Detroit since 2009. Mike Fiers (1-4) starts, trying to help the Brewers beat the Tigers for the first time since Ben Sheets was the winning pitcher in 2007.

Mets: Matt Harvey (5-1, 2.31) faces St. Louis righty John Lackey. The Cardinals are the only team to twice beat Harvey in the majors – he’s 0-2 in two starts against them.

NICKED

Mets closer Jeurys Familia pitched a perfect ninth. Collins said he planned to use to Familia for an inning no matter the score because he hadn’t thrown for a while. Juan Centeno hit a sharp grounder off the back of Familia’s calf, and the pitcher recovered to make the play for the final out. Familia seemed staggered for a moment, but Collins said he was all right.

A tornado warning issued at one point Sunday afternoon has expired, however the threat for severe weather still exists.

The main threats include hail and strong straight line winds, though as this tornado warning showed, an isolated tornado cannot be ruled out.

So far, there are no reports of any tornadoes or damage associated with that storm.

SHAWANO COUNTY – FOX 11 Severe Weather Center is monitoring severe storms moving through Northeast Wisconsin and Shawano County. The storms prompted a Tornado Warning to be issued until 4pm by the National Weather Service.

The group behind the Hands Over the Fox postponed Sunday nights event due to possible severe weather expected in our viewing area.

Group organizers released a statement saying “This has been a very hard decision to make, but thunderstorms are rolling in and we have to prioritize the safety of everyone participating. While the weather prediction might seem promising around 7 p.m., we had to consider those who are involved in the set-up taking place (sound, speakers, signage) before the event.”

The event has been rescheduled for May 31.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) – Madison Police Officer Matt Kenny wants to return to his job, but the police chief fears for his safety.

Dane County District Attorney Ismael Ozanne announced Tuesday Kenny won’t face criminal charges in the March shooting death of 19-year-old Tony Robinson. It has sparked passionate protests and intense public scrutiny.

Kenny remains on paid leave, pending an internal investigation to see if he violated department policies. It hasn’t been completed but its results are expected soon.

Kenny’s attorney, Jim Palmer, tells the Wisconsin State Journal that Kenny’s desire to return is rooted in a dedication to service, pointing to the 12-year department veteran’s prior time in the U.S. Coast Guard and as a lifeguard.

Chief Mike Koval tells WKOW-TV he’s looking at alternatives for Kenny returning to a patrol role.

Runners representing 47 states and 11 countries took part in the 16th annual Cellcom Green Bay Marathon on May 17, 2015.

GREEN BAY – For the first time ever, eight Neenah High School students ran the half marathon.

“Runners High”, a class at the school, teaches teens to stay away from drugs and alcohol and make better choices.

The students have put in four and a half months of training for the half marathon.

“We talk about the goal of finishing the half marathon but really, I think, the goal for a lot of these students is to do something they never thought they were capable of doing,” said Chris Christensen, student assistance program coordinator at Neenah High School.

For students like Ramon Rodriguez, the class has helped him become a healthy eater.

“I would eat so much fast food…now I tend to eat more fruit. In the morning, I like to eat a good breakfast,” he said.

FOX 11’s Gabrielle Mays will have the full story tonight on FOX 11 News at Nine.

VILLAGE OF COLEMAN – The Marinette County Sheriff’s department says a 32-year-old Coleman man was arrested early Sunday morning after firing a shot into the ground.

The sheriff’s department received a call around 3:00 a.m. that an armed man was outside an apartment building and fired a shot.

Authorities secured the scene and it was determined that the male lived at the apartments.

The man was eventually located and taken into custody and is in the Marinette County Jail on charges of negligent use of a firearm while intoxicated and disorderly conduct.

The firearm was recovered in a wooded area near the apartments.

No injuries were reported.

Investigators say the incident stemmed from at bar closing argument between the suspect, another male and his girlfriend who he was arguing with outside the bar.

The investigation is ongoing.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) – A newspaper investigation has found Gov. Scott Walker’s top aides pressed for a taxpayer-funded $500,000 loan to a struggling construction company.

The Wisconsin State Journal reports that Walker’s economic development agency, the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation, awarded the unsecured loan to Building Committee Inc., owned by William Minahan.

The 2011 loan wasn’t repaid and is among several WEDC loans that state auditors recently questioned.

Former agency head Paul Jadin says the deal was pushed by then-Administration Secretary Mike Huebsch, who originally wanted to provide a forgivable $4.3 million loan.

Huebsch’s push came after Minahan gave Walker’s 2010 gubernatorial campaign a last-minute $10,000 donation.

Walker spokeswoman Laurel Patrick said Walker wasn’t aware of Minahan’s donation.

In a statement, Huebsch said he often helped connect small businesses with resources.

Another race is in the books and the 16th annual Green Bay Cellcom Marathon has come to a close.

Joseph Amenya of Kenya won the men’s full marathon with a time of 2:19:37.

Erin Moeller of Iowa won the women’s full marathon with a time of 2:47:45. Moeller also won this race back in 2007.

Stanley Boen of Santa Fe won the men’s half marathon with a time of 1:09:31.

Naomi Fulton of Wisconsin won the women’s half marathon with a time of 1:20:55.

Approximately 8,500 runners participated in the Green Bay Cellcom Marathon and half marathon this year. Race organizers say roughly 5,940 runners ran the half marathon and 1,500 runners did the full marathon.The marathon had 1,000 runners who did the relays.

Race officials say more than 14,000 participants registered for the entire weekend representing 47 states plus Puerto Rico and 11 countries.

More 2,000 people helped runners this weekend which is an increase from last year.

There were 800 volunteers on course alone for water stations.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) – The Legislature’s finance committee is set to decide this week how to handle the state’s growing number of women prisoners after forecasts show the population likely will grow faster than Gov. Scott Walker anticipated in his budget proposal.

The women’s population dropped from 2008 to 2012, falling from a daily average of 1,339 to 1,170. The decline pushed the state Department of Corrections to convert a women’s prison in Waupun to a men’s facility in 2011.

But the female inmate population has crept back up to a daily average of 1,317 inmates this past year, the nonpartisan Legislative Fiscal Bureau noted in a report released late Thursday.

Prison populations fluctuate, but the fiscal bureau report did not mention any potential causes. A DOC spokeswoman had no immediate comment when asked if any trends were driving the increase.

Walker’s administration estimated as it was drafting his 2015-17 budget that the population would stand at 1,417 inmates in fiscal year 2016-17. Those estimates were based on population data through July 14.

Based on those figures, the two-year budget calls for spending a little more than $1 million to reopen and staff a wing at the women’s prison in Taycheedah that closed in 2002. The wing would house 60 inmates.

Even with the wing open, however, the state would still have to find room for 20 more inmates in 2015-16 and 79 more inmates in 2016-17, according to the fiscal bureau. The budget offers no solutions. Corrections officials say they’ll manage the overflow.

More recent estimates show the population will stand at 1,442 inmates by 2016-17, the report noted. Even with the new space at Taycheedah, Wisconsin would have to house an additional 43 inmates in the first year of the budget and 104 inmates in the second, according to the fiscal bureau.

Corrections officials have said if the population begins to approach the new projections, they would house the overflow inmates in an empty girls juvenile prison in Union Grove. That move would cost $2.7 million and require hiring about 20 additional staffers, the fiscal bureau noted in its report.

Corrections officials also told the bureau that it would first look to reallocate money within the agency before looking for additional dollars.

The GOP-controlled finance committee is working to revise Walker’s budget before forwarding it on to the full Assembly and Senate for votes later this spring or early summer. The panel is scheduled to address the prisons budget Tuesday.

A spokeswoman for Rep. John Nygren, R-Marinette, one of the committee’s co-chairs, had no immediate comment. A spokesman for the other co-chair, Sen. Alberta Darling, R-River Hills, didn’t immediately return an email message.

The fiscal bureau noted, too, that Walker’s growth estimates for the male population are outdated as well and the population likely will grow faster than anticipated. New forecasts now show the men’s prisons will exceed capacity by 235 inmates in the first year of the budget and by 568 inmates in the second.

The budget provides funding to contract for 71 beds for male inmates in jails, federal facilities and temporary lockups in 2015-16 and for nearly 200 beds in 2016-17. According to the fiscal bureau, DOC would have to contract for 164 more beds in the first year and 370 more beds in the second to accommodate the updated growth projections.

The fiscal bureau report notes DOC plans to use 150 beds meant for people held on probation and parole violations at the Sturtevant Transitional Facility for male inmates each year. The agency would still need to spend $4.6 million on contract beds for about 230 overflow inmates over the life of the budget, however.

MILWAUKEE (AP) – Five people were shot while gathering to remember a victim of gun violence.

The Milwaukee police say the victims included three women – ages 56, 52 and 23, and two men – ages 22 and 20.

Their injuries ranged from graze wounds to serious injuries and police say they were treated at area hospitals.

WITI-TV reports the crowd had gathered in memory of an 18-year-old killed Friday night.

Police say the large group was in an alley when at least one person fired several shots at about 6 p.m. Saturday. Police are still investigating the motive and so far have no one in custody.