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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 12 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. Two people were fatally shot and at least 12 others sustained gunshot wounds after a gunman opened fire at a crowded 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. Sheriff’s deputies were responding to a complaint about attendees at the party having parked their cars illegally on the shoulder of Highway 380, 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. A little after midnight and while deputies were still there, a gunman opened fire on partygoers with a handgun, Sheriff Randy Meeks said at a news conference on Sunday morning.
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. Sheriff Meeks said the gunman had come through a back door and shot a “target victim.” The other victims were shot at random, he said.
“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.” “That is our theory with what circumstantial evidence we have,” Sheriff Meeks said.
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, the sheriff said, but not many of the partygoers were cooperating with investigators.
There were about 750 people at the party when the police arrived, Deputy Oxford said. No officers were injured. The names of those killed and injured were not released.
In addition to the 12 wounded by gunfire, two other partygoers sustained unspecified injuries. At an earlier news conference, officials said they believed the gunman had used a semiautomatic rifle, but they later said they believed it had been a handgun.
The shooting took place in Greenville, about 50 miles northeast of Dallas, at a Texas A&M University-Commerce homecoming party that had not been sanctioned by the school, officials said. About five of those injured were students of the university, which is in nearby Commerce.
The university did not respond to an email on Sunday morning.
“Everybody just left as they could. There was a big scramble,” Deputy Oxford said of the shooting scene. “The rest of them just left on their own, went to the hospital to seek medical attention.”
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.