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| Shooting in Texas Leaves 2 Dead and at Least 14 Wounded, Officials Say | Shooting in Texas Leaves 2 Dead and at Least 14 Wounded, Officials Say |
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| Two people were fatally shot and at least 14 injured after a gunman opened fire at a homecoming party in Greenville, Texas, early on Sunday, the police said. | |
| The police were responding to a complaint about attendees at the party having parked their cars illegally on the shoulder of the highway, Chief Deputy Buddy Oxford of the Hunt County Sheriff’s Department said. | The police were responding to a complaint about attendees at the party having parked their cars illegally on the shoulder of the highway, Chief Deputy Buddy Oxford of the Hunt County Sheriff’s Department said. |
| Fifteen minutes after officers responded and while they were still there, a gunman opened fire on partygoers with a semiautomatic rifle, Deputy Oxford said at a news conference early Sunday. | Fifteen minutes after officers responded and while they were still there, a gunman opened fire on partygoers with a semiautomatic rifle, Deputy Oxford said at a news conference early Sunday. |
| No officers were injured. The names of those killed and injured were not released. The venue of the shooting in Greenville, about 50 miles northeast of Dallas, was unclear. | No officers were injured. The names of those killed and injured were not released. The venue of the shooting in Greenville, about 50 miles northeast of Dallas, was unclear. |
| “Everybody just left as they could. There was a big scramble,” Deputy Oxford said. “The rest of them just left on their own, went to the hospital to seek medical attention.” | “Everybody just left as they could. There was a big scramble,” Deputy Oxford said. “The rest of them just left on their own, went to the hospital to seek medical attention.” |
| The police said they believed it was a single gunman. Officials said it was a homecoming party but that it had not been sanctioned by Texas A&M University-Commerce. | |
| There were about 750 people at the party when the police arrived, Deputy Oxford said. | There were about 750 people at the party when the police arrived, Deputy Oxford said. |
| The injured were from the Texas cities of Arlington, Commerce, Dallas, Fort Worth and Greenville, officials said. | The injured were from the Texas cities of Arlington, Commerce, Dallas, Fort Worth and Greenville, officials said. |