Circus elephant shot, injured in drive-by shooting

By Vickie Ilmer

Published April 10, 2013 12:50pm PDT

TUPELO, Miss. -- Gawker reports that an elephant was injured in a drive-by shooting at 2 a.m. Tuesday morning at the BancorpSouth Arena in Tupelo. It appears a suspect or suspects fired shots into the arena parking lot where the elephants were resting, although a motive is unclear. The elephant is expected to make a full recovery.