Alabama shooting: Three arrested after sweet 16 party leaves four dead and 32 injured
A trio of new suspects have been arrested in connection to the brutal sweet 16 party shooting in Alabama, which left dozens injured and four dead.
Alabama: Multiple people shot at gathering in downtown Dadeville
Three more suspects have been arrested after a horrific mass shooting at a sweet 16 party in Alabama left four dead and 32 injured. Johnny Letron Brown, 20, and Willie George Brown Jr., 19, along with an unnamed 15-year-old, are now behind bars and waiting for their cases to be heard.
The trio join Wilson LaMar Hill Jr., 20, Tyreese McCullough, 17, and Travis McCullough, 16 in custody after the horrifying incident in Dadeville, Alabama on Saturday night.
The teenagers aged 16 and above will be tried as adults, Alabama law dictates, as this is the age that anyone can be tried in the state for murder.
But it is unclear what will happen to the 15-year-old suspect. The suspects are being held inside Tallapoosa County Jail without bond, and more charges are being brought against them as the extent of the victims' injuries becomes clear.
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The small town of Dadeville, where around 3,000 people live approximately 50 miles northwest of Montgomery, was rocked by the shooting last week.
Speaking about the incident at an ALEA news conference, Sgt Jeremy Burkett said: "Make no mistake: This is Alabama, and when you pull out a gun and you start shooting people, we're going to put you in jail."
The authorities confirmed Marsiah Collins, 19; Phil Dowdell, 18; Corbin Holston, 23; and Shaunkivia Smith, 17 were all killed in the attack.
After the shooting, which occurred at a party for Phil's sister Alexis, relatives of the victims began speaking out about what had happened.
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According to Phil and Alexis' mother, Latonya Allen, who was shot twice herself, her daughter "got down on her knees" and was holding her brother.
She todl CBS News: "He was just bloody. She was saying, kept telling him: 'Wake up, Phil.'"
Phil was described by his grandmother, Annette Allen, as a "humble child", who was a promising high school footballer, who was set to play for Jacksonville State University.
The grandmother added: "Never messed with anybody... always had a smile on his face."
Another of the victims' families to speak out was Shaunkivia's cousin Amy Jackson, who told NBC brand WSFA that her relative was a "burst of sunshine".
She said Shaunkivia "was kind", continuing: "She was a caretaker. She loved life. She loved people."
Amy added: "We had something at my brother’s house and she didn’t care what we had going on, she had to go to work. That’s just how dependable she was and how reliable she was."
The investigation into the incident remains ongoing.
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