Several people shot dead during teenager birthday party in Alabama, US

At least 4 folks have been killed and several other injured in a Saturday evening capturing within the US state of Alabama, police mentioned, as a number of stories mentioned the victims had been celebrating a teen birthday celebration.

Local news stories mentioned on Sunday the capturing occurred at a Sweet 16 birthday celebration at a dance studio in Dadeville, a small city northeast of the state capital Montgomery, with not less than 20 folks shot.

“Currently there have been four confirmed fatalities and multiple injuries,” the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency mentioned in an announcement Sunday, with out stating whether or not a suspect has been de tained or recognized.

Law enforcement businesses haven’t publicly confirmed any accidents or fatalities, however native media and witnesses have mentioned a number of wounded folks, nearly all of them teenagers, have been transported to native hospitals for medical consideration.

WRBL TV channel reported that in a preliminary investigation, police and sheriff’s workplace investigators suspected that an altercation led to the capturing at a teen’s birthday celebration, at round 10:30 pm Saturday (0330 GMT Sunday).

Awash with weapons

The United States, a rustic of round 330 million folks, is awash with some 400 million weapons, and lethal mass shootings are a daily prevalence.

Police late Saturday confirmed two folks have been killed and 4 others wounded in a capturing in Louisville, Kentucky, the identical metropolis the place a gunman slaughtered 5 folks at a financial institution final Monday.

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Source: AFP