{"id":25172,"date":"2023-04-24T08:57:20","date_gmt":"2023-04-24T12:57:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/?p=25172"},"modified":"2023-04-24T08:57:20","modified_gmt":"2023-04-24T12:57:20","slug":"texas-shooting-nine-teenagers-shot-at-prom-after-party","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/2023\/04\/24\/texas-shooting-nine-teenagers-shot-at-prom-after-party\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas shooting: Nine teenagers shot at prom after-party"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Nine people have been injured after gunfire erupted at a teenagers’ party in Jasper County, Texas.<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The shooting early on Sunday took place at a private residence where some 250 Jasper High School students had gathered after their annual prom dance.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The victims, who have not been publicly named, ranged in age from 15 to 19. All are recovering from their wounds at two local hospitals.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Police have not yet made any arrests and are requesting the public’s help.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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“All we know is some kids ganged up after prom to have a night they could remember the rest of their lives, and somehow it got twisted, a bunch of children got shot,” Jasper County Sheriff Mitchel Newman said on Sunday.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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He said investigators were speaking to students who attended the party, including several persons of interest, but no motive for the incident had yet been identified.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Gunfire brought an abrupt end to the house party just north of Jasper, a town of about 7,000 people in eastern Texas, shortly after midnight on Sunday.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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A majority of students at the party had attended Jasper High’s prom, which took place without incident earlier in the night at a local church meeting hall.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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None of the victims suffered life-threatening injuries, according to police. They include a 19-year-old girl who sustained two gunshot wounds to the hand and a male soccer star who was shot in the knee.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The shooting was the second to take place overnight within city limits and the sheriff’s office is investigating whether the two were related.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Firearm incidents are now the leading cause of death for American children and teenagers, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Last weekend, four people were killed and 28 others were injured in a shooting at a “Sweet 16” birthday party in Alabama.<\/p>\n

Source: bbc.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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