Police say 4 dead, 15 injured in separate shootings in Dallas on Halloween night
DALLAS, (AP):- Police in Dallas say four people are dead and 15 are injured following separate shootings in a Dallas neighborhood. Police Chief Daniel Comeaux said police are still trying to determine if the shootings in the Deep Ellum neighborhood were related. It was among several violent incidents nationwide on Halloween weekend.
Comeaux said three separate shootings occurred and it wasnât immediately known why they started. Comeaux said some arrests were made but he didnât specify how many or what charges were involved.
âThis is a really big scene. Itâs spread out,â Comeaux said. âWe are interviewing some individuals right now that we have arrested, still trying to figure out exactly how it ties into all the shootings out here.â
Separately, one person was killed and eight others were wounded in a mass shooting just outside Legion Field in Birmingham, Alabama, after the annual âMagic City Classicâ football game on Saturday night, police said.
He said he was âvery grateful that more people werenât injured.â
The circumstances of the shooting were unclear.
Police spokesperson DeâRell Freeman said one person had been detained and transported to police headquarters for questioning, and âmultiple weaponsâ had been found and secured.
Alabama State and Alabama A&M are historically Black universities and archrivals whose annual contest has been played for more than 100 years. Nearly 70,000 fans attended Saturdayâs game, won by Alabama A&M 31-28. The event draws some of the largest crowds in the country for games played in their college football division.
The Magic City Classic has such a deep history that Alabama State coach Eddie Robinson Jr., a former NFL linebacker and alumnus of the school, proposed creating a Hall of Fame for the game.
In Newark, Delaware, six people were shot shortly after 11:10 p.m. Saturday near the University of Delaware campus, Newark police Lt. Greg DâElia said. All six were transported to hospitals for treatment. Video shared on social media showed people running for safety from the scene. One stretch of the cityâs Main Street was closed for several hours after the shooting.
A shooting early Sunday in Bloomington, Illinois, left a 19-year-old woman dead and another woman in critical condition. Six others had injuries that were not life-threatening, but it was unclear from a statement by the cityâs police department and McLean County Coronerâs Office if those people had gunshot wounds. The shooting happened near the campus of Illinois Wesleyan University. Bloomington is about 135 miles (217 kilometers) southwest of Chicago.
And in Fayetteville, Arkansas, six people were taken to hospitals with gunshot wounds from a shooting that happened early Sunday. No arrests have been made, police said in a news release. A preliminary investigation indicates an altercation preceded the shooting.
