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Halloween Weekend Shootings Leave Six Dead, Dozens Injured Across U.S
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In Short: Shootings over Halloween weekend left at least six people dead and dozens injured across the United States, with the deadliest incident occurring in Dallas.
The Black Hills Pioneer and Clinton Herald reported that shootings over Halloween weekend left at least six people dead and dozens injured across the United States, with the deadliest incident occurring in Dallas.
According to the Eagle-Tribune and France 24, separate shootings in college towns like Fayetteville, Arkansas; Birmingham, Alabama; Newark, Delaware, and Bloomington, Illinois, also occurred in their nightlife districts.
Police in Dallas are still investigating whether the three shootings are connected, with Dallas Police Chief Daniel Comeaux stating that investigators are working at three locations after the shootings unfolded between midnight and 1:30 a.m. Early Sunday.
In California, a shooting at a Spirit Halloween store in Fairfield left one pregnant woman dead and six others wounded, as reported by the Black Hills Pioneer and Clinton Herald.
CBS News reported that a shooting at a Halloween Spirit store in Madison Heights, Michigan, killed a 21-year-old man, while the Black Hills Pioneer and Clinton Herald reported that two people were killed in California and Michigan.
The Black Hills Pioneer and Clinton Herald also reported that in Indianapolis, an overnight shooting at a house party left one person dead and nine others injured.
In Birmingham, Alabama, one person was killed and eight others were wounded in two separate shootings just outside Legion Field after the annual “Magic City Classic” football game, as reported by the Black Hills Pioneer and Clinton Herald.
The Black Hills Pioneer and Clinton Herald also noted that in Boulder, Colorado, a shooting at a massive house party killed one 19-year-old student and wounded another.
The shootings in Dallas are still under investigation, with police spokesperson De'Rell Freeman stating that one person had been detained and “multiple weapons” were found.
The Black Hills Pioneer and Clinton Herald also reported that Solano Town Center, which has 130 stores and restaurants, canceled its planned Halloween trick-or-treating event in light of the shooting.
The shootings in Dallas are still under investigation, with police spokesperson De'Rell Freeman stating that one person had been detained and “multiple weapons” were found.
The shootings in Dallas are still under investigation, with police spokesperson De'Rell Freeman stating that one person had been detained and “multiple weapons” were found.
Background
Shootings across the U.S. over Halloween weekend left at least six people dead and dozens injured, with the deadliest incident in Dallas.
Shootings over Halloween weekend left at least six people dead and dozens injured across the United States, with the deadliest incident occurring in Dallas.
What's confirmed
- Separately, police in college towns like Fayetteville, Arkansas; Birmingham, Alabama; Newark, Delaware, and Bloomington, Illinois, also reported shootings in their nightlife districts this weekend.
- The deadliest violence occurred in Dallas, where a handful of shootings in the city's Deep Ellum neighborhood, a center of music, restaurants and nightlife, killed four people and injured 15 others, police said.
- Mass shootings over the Halloween weekend in nightlife districts across the U.S. left at least six people dead and dozens injured, officials said.
- Police in Dallas, where the worst violence occurred, say four people are dead and 15 were injured following separate shootings in a nightlife district.
- "This is still a very active crime scene. Detectives are speaking with witnesses and diligently working to identify the suspect responsible for this horrific shooting," the statement said.
- A targeted shooting inside a Spirit Halloween store in Northern California left a pregnant woman dead and six other people wounded, police said.
- Dallas police chief Daniel Comeaux gives updates on Deep Ellum shootings, Sunday, Nov.
- Dallas Police Chief Daniel Comeaux said investigators were still trying to determine if three separate shootings Saturday night over the span of about an hour and 15 minutes were related, and it wasn't immediately known why they started.
- Dallas Police are investigating whether the three shootings are connected and asking the public to share videos and photos.
- Comeaux confirmed Sunday morning that investigators were working at three locations after the Halloween night shootings unfolded between midnight and 1:30 a.m. early Sunday.
- "This is a really big scene. It's spread out," Comeaux said.
- In Birmingham, one person was killed and eight others were wounded in two separate shootings just outside Legion Field after the annual “Magic City Classic” football game on Saturday night, Mayor Randall Woodfin said at a news conference Sunday.
What's still developing
- Fairfield is about 37 miles northeast of Sacramento.
- "We are deeply saddened by the tragic incidents that occurred at our Spirit Halloween stores. We extend our condolences to the families and individuals whose lives have been altered by these terrible events," the spokesperson said.
- "There are far too many guns in the hands of those who have no business having them, and shocking violence is too often the result." Terrell Sword, 16, is believed to be one of the victims of a mass shooting in Indianapolis.
- Constance Hages, 31, died at the scene from multiple gunshot wounds after gunfire erupted inside Spirit Halloween at Solano Town Center in Fairfield around 8:30 p.m., police said.
- Two of the injured were in critical condition, fire officials said.
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- “We are reviewing every piece of available evidence and footage to determine what triggered these horrific acts of violence during what should have been a celebratory community weekend, ” a senior municipal law enforcement official told regional news correspondents.
Sources
- Black Hills Pioneerlink
- Chicagotribunelink
- Courthouse Newslink
- Eagle-Tribunelink
- Englishlink
- FOX 5 New Yorklink
- France24link
- KEYElink
- Marietta Daily Journallink
- NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worthlink
- Nypostlink
- PBSlink
- Sundayguardianlivelink
- The Killeen Daily Heraldlink
- Weatherford Democratlink
- thedailystar.comlink
- India Today — video link