Peddis Ray, 20, is now charged with six counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, police said Sunday.
This happened just after 10 p.m. on Cameron Road near FM 362. The sheriff's office said deputies responded at that time to a call of shots fired. When deputies arrived at the scene, they found that four women, two men, and a juvenile male had been shot while attending a trail ride pasture party.Investigators also said they believe the shooting started as an argument that escalated when someone pulled out a gun and bystanders were shot.
Deputies said all of the victims suffered gunshot wounds to their lower extremities with no known life-threatening injuries., which became a staging area Sunday night. That is where victims were brought and flown to hospitals.KHOU 11 News talked to a woman who was there. She is not a student at Prairie View A&M but she said the event was the PV Homecoming Trail Ride and Concert, which the school said is"not an official University homecoming event.
“I was front row,” said witness Chelsee Prophet. “They were fighting. After they got done fighting a girl got shot.”"PVAMU is both saddened and troubled by the senseless act of violence that occurred in Waller County last night. Although this was not an official PVAMU homecoming event and was unaffiliated with the University, our campus community is deeply concerned for those injured and all affected by this incident. The Waller County Sheriff’s Office is leading the investigation.
Investigators said the security protocols that were established by the permitting body and agreed upon by the promoter were followed at the time of the shooting.
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