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Multiple shots fired at vigil for victims of Texas university homecoming mass shooting | Multiple shots fired at vigil for victims of Texas university homecoming mass shooting |
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Gunfire erupted at a vigil for the victims of a mass shooting at a homecoming party near Greenville, Texas, leaving at least two people dead and many injured. | |
A series of what appear to be gunshots can be heard ringing out in the background of a video that was posted by Matt Howerton, a reporter with WFAA, an ABC-affiliated TV station in Dallas, Texas. | |
The journalist reported that the incident forced those gathered at the vigil to flee in disarray, while he and his colleague scrambled to take cover in the nearby trees. | |
“We heard DOZENS of gunshots,” he tweeted. | “We heard DOZENS of gunshots,” he tweeted. |
The gunfire reportedly broke out in a parking lot at the park that was hosting a vigil for the victims of a mass shooting at an unofficial homecoming party near Dallas, which saw a handgun-armed shooter open fire on revelers around midnight on Saturday. | |
Diana Zoga, a reporter with KXAS-TV, posted a video of her bullet-ridden car on Twitter, noting that it appears that more than one gunman was invoved in the incident. | |
“Multiple shots. Our news unit was hit at least 3 times,” Zoga tweeted. | |
One of the two people who were killed at the party was identified as Kevin Berry, 23, a Dallas native and father of two children. A vigil for Berry was set to begin at 7pm on Sunday. | |
In a statement issued in the wake of the incident, Dallas Police Department reported that a “disturbance” broke out at the vigil and "shots were fired.” The incident has not resulted in any injuries but several vehicles have been damaged. | |
At least 16 people were injured in the attack on the party. Police believe that the shooter, who sneaked into an off-campus venue, packed with over 700 people celebrating the Texas A&M University-Commerce football team's homecoming victory, through a back door, was aiming to kill just one person, with other victims being collateral damage. | At least 16 people were injured in the attack on the party. Police believe that the shooter, who sneaked into an off-campus venue, packed with over 700 people celebrating the Texas A&M University-Commerce football team's homecoming victory, through a back door, was aiming to kill just one person, with other victims being collateral damage. |
"His first victim, we think, may have been his target victim and the rest of them are just random," Hunts County Sheriff Randy Meeks Meeks told media on Sunday. | |
The shooter has not been identified and remains at large. | |
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