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re: US MASS Shootings: Deadly Mass Shootings in Multiple States-Alabama & Kentucky
Multiple Deaths' and More Than 20 Wounded in Mass Shooting at Teen Party
Only a few details are currently available from the incident that happened at around 10:30 p.m. local time on Saturday when officers were called to the shooting in Alabama
BBC News 16 APR 2023
Six bodies have been pictured on the ground at a teenager's birthday party as police respond to reports of a mass shooting in Dadeville, Alabama.
Local news outlet WRBL reported that up to 20 people were injured.
Only a few details are currently available from the incident that happened at around 10:30 p.m. local time on Saturday when officers were called to the shooting in the small city, according to BNO News.
There was no word from officials on the exact number of victims but a graphic photo shared by a witness showed bodies on the ground.
A witness at the scene said the total number of victims could be higher, including multiple people who died at the scene, which officials have yet to confirm.
White sheets were covering the bodies and multiple families were seen gathering outside a local hospital.
The identity, whereabouts and motive of the suspect are not known, however, WRBL reported that a suspected altercation led to the shooting.
Meanwhile, on the same night, two people were killed and four others injured after shots were fired into a crowd of hundreds gathered in a Louisville park.
Police do not yet know how many shooters were involved and have not released any information regarding suspects.
The mass shooting is the third for the city this week and last night was just five miles from where the shooting which killed six occurred six days earlier.
Old National Bank employee Connor Sturgeon killed five of his colleagues during a senseless rampage at his workplace.
Eight others were wounded including a police officer who was shot in the head and remains hospitalised in critical condition.
Sturgeon’s parents said in a statement their son had mental health challenges that were being addressed, but “there were never any warning signs or indications he was capable of this shocking act”.
There have been 146 mass shootings in the United States so far in 2023, the most at this point in the year since 2016, according to the Gun Violence Archive.
The nonprofit group defines a mass shooting as four or more people shot or killed, not including the shooter.
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