At least 4 people died and several others were injured in a shooting in a town in the state of AlabamaSouth of USA, reported the Police last Sunday. Meanwhile, local media indicated that the victims were celebrating a birthday party for a teenager.
According to media outlets and witnesses in the area, the incident took place on Saturday night at a sweet 16 birthday party —an event similar to that celebrated by Hispanic-American quinceañeras— in Dadeville, northeast of the capital. of the state, Montgomery.
“So far, there have been four confirmed deaths and multiple injuries,” Alabama law enforcement officials said in a statement, without specifying whether any suspects were detained or identified.
Earlier on local television there was talk of at least 20 people injured. The WRBL television network reported heavy police activity and crime scene blackout tapes around a building and white sheets covering parts of the floor on Sunday morning.
According to witnesses, several people were injured, most of them teenagers, and transported to local hospitals for treatment.
WRBL also reported that during a preliminary investigation, experts from the sheriff’s office estimated that an altercation led to the shooting at a teenage girl’s sweet 16 party around 10:30 pm Saturday (0330 GMT Sunday).
The brother of the teenager who was celebrating his birthday is among those killed, her grandmother told the local newspaper Montgomery Advertiser.
“Violent crimes have no place in our state,” Alabama Governor Kay Ivey reacted, expressing her “pain” on her Twitter account.
The United States, with around 330 million inhabitants, is full of weapons – an estimated 400 million of different types are distributed – and mass shootings with fatalities are commonplace.
On Saturday night, authorities confirmed that two people were killed and four others wounded in a shooting in Louisville, Kentucky, the same city where a gunman killed five people in a bank last Monday.
With information from EFE and AFP.
Source-larepublica.pe
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