Investigators Still Wondering How 3 People Injured During Wild West Shootout Show

It was supposed to be a reenactment of a wild west shootout in Hill City, SD. It ended up being all too real.

Three people were injured, possibly shot, during the show, and investigators are still trying go figure out how it happened.

"It was the end of the show and the two behind me had started yelling that they were shot and then blood started spraying out everywhere. We are all trying to figure out how it happened, but we don't know," Phyllis Masten, the videographer for the show, told KOTA-TV.

The guns are supposed to be filled with blanks and the show's actors apparently watch each other load them. Still, something went horribly wrong.

KOTA posted some pictures from the scene on its Facebook page:

According to KEVN-TV, investigators are looking into the possibility that either a gun "blew up" or that the injuries were caused by errant wads from the blanks. It is unclear if the injuries were caused by actual bullets.

KEVN reports the victims have been identified and their injuries are not life-threatening:

Whatever happened, three people were sent to the hospital with what deputies called "non-life-threatening" injuries.  They were 52-year-old Jose Pruneda of Alliance, Nebraska, 65-year-old Carrol Knutson of Burchwood, Minnesota, and 48-year-old John Ellis of South Connellsville, Pennsylvania.  Pruneda and Ellis have been discharged.   Knutson is still hospitalized in fair condition.

A collection of videos posted on YouTube appears to show the reenactment group putting on the show earlier last week: