DADEVILLE, Ala. (AP) — Investigators on Thursday charged a sixth individual with reckless homicide in reference to a lethal taking pictures at a Candy 16 birthday celebration, saying in court docket paperwork they consider gunmen shot into the group throughout the celebration.
Investigators mentioned in court docket paperwork filed Thursday that they consider 5 of these charged have been current on the social gathering on April 15 and “discharged firearms into the group,” ensuing within the deaths of 4 individuals.
The Alabama Regulation Enforcement Company on Thursday night time introduced the arrest of a 15-year-old juvenile from Tuskegee, Alabama, the sixth individual charged within the case, however court docket information weren't launched due to the individual’s age.
All six face reckless homicide fees in reference to the deadly taking pictures, the state company mentioned.
The Candy 16 birthday, at a dance studio simply off the city sq., was in full swing when gunfire erupted. Investigators haven't mentioned a motive or what they consider led to the taking pictures.
The taking pictures killed 4 younger individuals, ranging in age from 17 to 23, and shocked the small east Alabama metropolis of Dadeville. Apart from the 4 slain, 32 others have been injured, 4 of them critically.
Tyreese “Ty Reik” McCullough, 17, and Travis McCullough, 16, each of Tuskegee, have been arrested Tuesday. Wilson LaMar Hill Jr., 20, of Auburn, Alabama, was arrested Wednesday. Johnny Letron Brown, 20, of Tuskegee and Willie George Brown Jr., 19, of Auburn, have been arrested Thursday. All are charged with 4 counts of reckless homicide, the Alabama Regulation Enforcement Company mentioned.
The district lawyer mentioned the teenagers can be tried as adults as required by Alabama legislation when anybody 16 or older is charged with homicide.
The entire suspects are being held within the Tallapoosa County Jail with no bond except for the 15-year-old, the Alabama Regulation Enforcement Company mentioned.
The birthday lady’s brother, 18-year-old Philstavious “Phil” Dowdell of Camp Hill, Alabama, died as his sister knelt beside him begging him to maintain respiratory. He and one other deadly sufferer, 17-year-old Shaunkivia Nicole “KeKe” Smith of Dadeville, have been highschool seniors. Additionally slain have been Marsiah Emmanuel “Siah” Collins, 19, of Opelika, Alabama, and Corbin Dahmontrey Holston, 23, of Dadeville.
The taking pictures was the sixteenth mass killing within the U.S. this yr. A seventeenth occurred in Maine on Tuesday. A complete of 88 individuals have died in mass killings up to now in 2023.
A mass killing is outlined because the slaying of 4 or extra individuals apart from the perpetrator, in accordance with a database maintained by The Related Press and USA Right now in partnership with Northeastern College.
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