Alabama police arrest 2 teens for birthday party shooting
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Two people have been arrested and charged with murder in connection with an Alabama shooting that killed four people at a Sweet 16 birthday party, investigators announced Wednesday.
Two people have been arrested and charged with murder in connection with an Alabama shooting that killed four people at a Sweet 16 birthday party, investigators announced Wednesday.
District Attorney Mike Segrest said the pair would be charged as adults and that prosecutors would ask a judge to hold them without bail. A bond hearing must be held by Friday under Alabama law.
He said four people remain in the hospital in critical condition and that more charges would be coming.
"We're going to make sure all those victims have justice, not just the deceased," Segrest said.
Saturday's violence shocked Dadeville, a sleepy town of 3,200. In addition to the four young people who died, another 32 were wounded, some critically.
The gunfire broke out at a birthday party for Alexis Dowdell, which was being held at a dance studio just off the town's courthouse square. Witnesses have said multiple people began shooting some time after Dowdell's mother paused the celebration to ask people with guns to leave.
The birthday girl's brother, Philstavious "Phil" Dowdell, died in his sister's arms. He and another victim were high school seniors, and families were left planning funerals instead of graduation celebrations. Two other young men were also killed.
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