Investigators on Thursday charged a sixth individual with reckless homicide in reference to a lethal capturing at a Sweet 16 party, saying in courtroom paperwork they consider gunmen shot into the gang through the celebration.

Investigators mentioned in courtroom paperwork filed Thursday that they consider 5 of these charged have been current on the get together on April 15 and “discharged firearms into the crowd,” ensuing within the deaths of 4 folks.

The Alabama Law Enforcement Agency on Thursday night time introduced the arrest of a 15-year-old juvenile from Tuskegee, Alabama, the sixth individual charged within the case, however courtroom data weren't launched due to the individual’s age.

All six face reckless homicide fees in reference to the deadly capturing, the state company mentioned.

The Sweet 16 birthday, at a dance studio simply off the city sq., was in full swing when gunfire erupted. Investigators haven't mentioned a motive or what they consider led to the capturing.

The capturing killed 4 younger folks, ranging in age from 17 to 23, and shocked the small east Alabama metropolis of Dadeville. Besides the 4 slain, 32 others have been injured, 4 of them critically.

Tyreese “Ty Reik” McCullough, 17, and Travis McCullough, 16, each of Tuskegee, have been arrested Tuesday. Wilson LaMar Hill Jr., 20, of Auburn, Alabama, was arrested Wednesday. Johnny Letron Brown, 20, of Tuskegee and Willie George Brown Jr., 19, of Auburn, have been arrested Thursday. All are charged with 4 counts of reckless homicide, the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency mentioned.

The district legal professional mentioned the kids might be tried as adults as required by Alabama regulation when anybody 16 or older is charged with homicide.

All of the suspects are being held within the Tallapoosa County Jail with no bond apart from the 15-year-old, the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency mentioned.

The birthday lady’s brother, 18-year-old Philstavious “Phil” Dowdell of Camp Hill, Alabama, died as his sister knelt beside him begging him to maintain respiratory. He and one other deadly sufferer, 17-year-old Shaunkivia Nicole “KeKe” Smith of Dadeville, have been highschool seniors. Also slain have been Marsiah Emmanuel “Siah” Collins, 19, of Opelika, Alabama, and Corbin Dahmontrey Holston, 23, of Dadeville.

The capturing was the sixteenth mass killing within the U.S. this yr. A seventeenth occurred in Maine on Tuesday. A complete of 88 folks have died in mass killings up to now in 2023.

A mass killing is outlined because the slaying of 4 or extra folks apart from the perpetrator, in keeping with a database maintained by The Associated Press and USA Today in partnership with Northeastern University.

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