BREAKING: Two teenagers have been arrested and charged with murder in connection with an Alabama shooting that killed four people at a Sweet 16 birthday party. The pair will be charged as adults and prosecutors will ask a judge to hold them without bail.
DADEVILLE, Ala. — Two teenagers have been arrested and charged with murder in connection with an Alabama shooting thatDistrict Attorney Mike Segrest said the pair would be charged as adults and that prosecutors would ask a judge to hold them without bail. A bond hearing must be held by Friday under Alabama law.
The gunfire broke out at a birthday party for Alexis Dowdell, which was being held at a dance studio just off the town’s courthouse square. Witnesses have said multiple people began shooting some time after Dowdell’s mother paused the celebration to ask people with guns to leave.. He and another victim were high school seniors, and families were left planning funerals instead of graduation celebrations. Two other young men were also killed.
“We can’t get into a motive right now, because that would be part of an ongoing investigation,” Burkett said. “We can’t share that.”
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