Although details are limited, witnesses told an affiliate ABC news station in west Texas that the shooting happened at a high school party.
President Joe Biden spoke about the epidemic of gun violence that has become the No. 1 killer of kids in America.A shooting at a party in west Texas wounded at least six people on Friday night, according to ABC affiliate KVIA."epidemic" a year after the Uvalde, Texas, mass school shooting.
Police in El Paso said the shooting happened on Swan Drive near the El Paso Country Club in the city's Upper Valley area around 9:45 p.m., the news station reported.No information was immediately available about the victims, but KVIA reported that police said they were transported to a hospital. An El Paso Fire Department dispatcher told the station that three victims suffered serious injuries and three others suffered minor injuries, while the conditions of the other two were not immediately known.The combined communications division of the El Paso Police Department and fire department did not immediately respond to an email from The Associated Press seeking additional information.
Editor's note: El Paso officials said preliminary reports indicated it was eight people injured, but police now say it was six.Copyright © 2023 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.
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