4 Killed in 3 Shootings Across Dallas Neighborhood - Newsweek
Four people have been reported dead and several injured, in a string of shootings in Dallas overnight.
Three shootings occurred just minutes apart in the Texas city's Deep Ellum neighborhood. The first took place at approximately midnight local time at a convenience store, where one person was injured, CBS News Texas reported, citing Dallas Police.
Law enforcement said a second burst of gunfire on Commerce Street near South Crowdus Street killed three people. Another shooting occurred along the 2600 block of Elm Street, leaving one person dead.
Five individuals who were injured have been delivered to nearby hospitals and were not involved in the shootings, police said, according to CBS.
The neighborhood was shut down following the incidents and one suspect has been taken into custody, CBS reported.
Newsweek contacted the Dallas Police Department for additional information on Sunday.
FOX 4 reported that sizeable crime scenes were seen on Elm and Main Street, and that the scenes are not thought to be connected. It said that the neighborhood was crowded with Halloween celebrants at the time.
The outlet reported that the shooting shortly after midnight occurred near Elm Street and the Good Latimer Expressway.
Police shut down multiple blocks and deployed officers from around the city, it added.
The shooting in Texas comes after several other Halloween weekend incidents nationwide, including a fatal shooting in California and another in Alabama.
Nine people were injured and one person was killed following the Magic City Classic football game in Birmingham, Alabama, on Saturday night. Police said multiple firearms were recovered and secured at the scene, while one individual was detained and taken in for questioning after the shooting outside Legion Field.
In California, one person was killed as six others injured at a Spirit Halloween store in a Fairfield mall Friday night. Police confirmed a pregnant woman, 31-year-old Constance Hages was killed. Newsweek reported Saturday three males victims, ages 16, 19 and 32, were in critical condition, a 23-year-old man was listed as stable and two other males, ages 19 and 43, were treated for gunshot wounds but later released.
In Newark, Delaware, six people were wounded in a Halloween night shooting near the University of Delaware campus. Police said the gunfire broke out near East Main and Choate streets at around 11:13 p.m., and all six victims were taken to local hospitals.
Seven others were hospitalized after shots were fired on Kirkwood Avenue in Bloomington, Indiana, at around 1:30 a.m. on Sunday. Officers had been patrolling near Kirkwood Avenue and Dunn Street when the shots were fired, and they saw an armed man flee the scene according to Fox59, who reported the man was arrested by officers shortly later.
