DADEVILLE, Ala. — Two teenagers were arrested in connection with a shooting that left four people dead and 32 injured at a weekend Sweet 16, authorities said Wednesday.
The boys, 16 and 17, from Tuskegee, were taken into custody on charges of reckless murder on Tuesday night, Alabama Law Enforcement Agency Sgt. Jeremy Burkett told reporters.
Gunfire erupted at 10:34 p.m. Saturday at a dance studio on Broadnax Street in Dadeville where friends and family were celebrating the birthday of a 16-year-old girl, police said.
The shooting started about an hour after someone with a gun was barred from the celebration, said party DJ Keenan Cooper, who reported hearing shots from multiple attackers.
The four people killed were identified by police as Shaunkivia Smith, 17; Marsiah Collins, 19; Corbin Holston, 23; and Philstavious Dowdell, 18. Dadeville is about 25 miles northwest of Auburn University.
The Dadeville attack was the latest mass shooting to plague the United States.
- Four people were fatally shot in Bowdoin, Maine, on Tuesday; Joseph Eaton, 34, was later arrested in connection with the killings, police said.
- Five people were killed at a Louisville bank last week before responding police killed gunman Connor Sturgeon, a 25-year-old employee of the bank.
- Audrey Hale, a 28-year-old former student at a private Christian school in Nashville, returned to campus on March 27 and killed three young children, a substitute teacher, a custodian and the school’s headmistress.
Jamie Morrison reported from Dadeville, and David K. Li from New York City.
This is a developing story. Please check back for updates.
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