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Four fatalities of Alabama mass shooting identified after gunman opened fire at Sweet Sixteen, injuring 28 – ‘Shots were fired when people with guns were asked to leave’

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"109460728"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"1">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"wp-block-heading has-text-color" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;292020&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>All four victims of Alabama mass shooting as cops say no gunman is at large after attack on Sweet Sixteen that left 28 injured <&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"wp-block-heading has-text-color" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;292020&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>Two remaining victims <strong>Marsiah Emmanuel &&num;8216&semi;Siah&&num;8217&semi; Colli<&sol;strong><&sol;strong>ns<strong>&comma; 19&comma; and Corbin Holston&comma; 23&comma; were identified Monday by the local coroner <&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"wp-block-heading has-text-color" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;292020&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>College bound high school football star Phil Dowdell&comma; 18&comma; and fellow senior KeKe Nicole Smith &comma; 17&comma; where the first two victims identified<&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"wp-block-heading has-text-color" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;292020&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>The victims were attending the 16th birthday party for Alexis Dowdell at a dance studio in Dadeville&comma; a small town 85 miles southeast of Birmingham<&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"wp-block-heading has-text-color" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;292020&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong><strong>All the teens victims &&num;8211&semi; Dowdell&comma; Smith and Collins were college bound<&sol;strong> in the fall <&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"wp-block-heading has-text-color" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;292020&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>DJ at party claims shots were fired when &&num;8216&semi;people with guns were asked to leave&&num;8217&semi;<&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"wp-block-heading has-text-color" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;292020&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>Shooter has not been identified by police <&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2023&sol;04&sol;Phil-Dowdell-left-and-KeKe-Nicole-Smith-right-1&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-437609"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><strong>College bound high school football star Philstavious Dowdell&comma; 18&comma; &lbrack;left&rsqb; and fellow senior KeKe Nicole Smith&comma; 17&comma; &lbrack;right&rsqb;&comma; were the first two victims identified&period; She was was a senior at the local high school who was also heading to college in the fall&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">All four slain in Saturday&&num;8217&semi;s mass shooting in Alabama have been identified&comma; as police revealed the suspect responsible is no longer at-large&period; Three teenagers and a young adult male were killed in the shooting&period;<br>The two other fatalities Marsiah Collins&comma; 19&comma; and Corbin Holston&comma; 23&comma; were identified Monday by the Tallapoosa County Coroner&period; <br>Earlier college bound high school football star Philstavious Dowdell&comma; 18&comma; and fellow senior KeKe Nicole Smith&comma; 17&comma; were the first two victims identified&period; Like Dowdell and Collins&comma; Smith was was a senior at the local high school who was also heading to college in the fall&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2023&sol;04&sol;Marsiah-Emmanuel-Siah-Collins-left-and-Corbin-Dahmontrey-Holston-right-1&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-437710" width&equals;"845" height&equals;"650"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Tallapoosa County Coroner Mike Knox identified the two remaining victims Monday as 19 year-old Marsiah Emmanuel &&num;8216&semi;Siah&&num;8217&semi; Collins and Corbin Dahmontrey Holston&comma; 23<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">The men were among around 50 guests attending the 16th birthday party for Alexis Dowdell at a dance studio in Dadeville&comma; a small town of around 3&comma;000 residents 85 miles southeast of Birmingham&period; <br>The girl&&num;8217&semi;s brother Philstavious Dowdell&comma; a star football player who was heading to Jacksonville State University&comma; was also killed&period; Keke Smith&comma; the fourth victim&comma; was a senior at the local high school who was also heading to Alabama University in the fall&period; Collins was bound for Louisiana State University&period;<br>The rollcall of victims comes as the DJ at the party in which 28 were injured said that there was a rumor spreading among the youngsters that someone in attendance had a gun shortly before the first shots rang out&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2023&sol;04&sol;Alexis-Dowdell-1&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-437582" width&equals;"840" height&equals;"831"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><strong> Phil Dowdell&&num;8217&semi;s younger sister Alexis Dowdell &lbrack;photo&rsqb;&comma; was celebrating her Sweet 16 party before it was interrupted by the rage of gunfire&period; Her condition remains unknown&comma; but their mom whos was acting at chaperone at the vent was shot twice in the leg <&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">Also slain was Dowdell&&num;8217&semi;s brother Philstavious&comma; a high school football standout who had recently committed to Jacksonville State University&period; <br>A fourth victim&comma; also a senior at the local high school&comma; was identified as Keke Smith&period; The teens had all planning on attending college in the fall <&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2023&sol;04&sol;DJ-at-Alexis-Dodwells-party-1&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-437729" width&equals;"840" height&equals;"664"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><strong>DJ Keenan Cooper &lbrack;photo&rsqb;&comma;<&sol;strong> <strong>who worked the party provided more details on what transpired Saturday&comma; revealing that earlier rumors had been spreading that someone in attendance had a gun<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2023&sol;04&sol;Mahogany-Masterpiece-dance-studio-in-Dadeville-Alabama-2&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-437594" width&equals;"843" height&equals;"470"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><strong>The shooting happened at roughly 10&colon;34 pm Saturday at Mahogany’s Masterpiece dance studio in in Dadeville&comma; around 85 miles southeast of Birmingham&comma; Alabama<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">Cops have so far not provided details of who carried out the killings or what sparked them&period; They have refused to confirm whether they have made an arrest&period;<br>However&comma; in the latest of several pressers held by local and state cops Sunday&comma; Sgt&period; Jeremy Burkett with the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency &lpar;ALEA&rpar; provided an update that gave some clue as to what may have come of the shooter&period; <br>Speaking to reporters Sunday evening&comma; Burkett confirmed the number of victims at four&comma; while revealing many of the injured remain hospitalized in critical condition&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2023&sol;04&sol;image-43&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-437725" width&equals;"840" height&equals;"629"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Local law enforcement handed the investigation over the death investigation to the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency&period; Sgt&period; Jeremy Burkett of the ALEA confirmed four dead&comma; twenty-eight injured at birthday shooting on Sunday<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">Despite his force now heading the investigation&comma; the officer did not name a suspect nor confirm that cops have made an arrest &&num;8211&semi; but said the person is &&num;8216&semi;no longer a threat to the community&comma;&&num;8217&semi; possibly hinting the person responsible could be among the dozens hospitalized&period;<br>Cops would not say Monday whether the shooter was among the four killed&comma; after local cops theorized Saturday night that the incident may have stemmed from a physical altercation&period; <br>A DJ who worked the party provided more insight Sunday&comma; revealing that earlier in the night&comma; about an hour before the initial shots were fired&comma; rumors had been spreading among the dance floor that someone at the party had a gun&period;<br>&&num;8216&semi;It wasn&&num;8217&semi;t anything you could pretty much see because the lights were off&comma;&&num;8217&semi; DJ Keenan Cooper told local ABC affiliate station WBMA&comma; &&num;8216&semi;They mentioned someone had a gun&period; They stopped the party for a second&comma; asked them to leave&comma; nobody left and the party continued&period;&&num;8217&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2023&sol;04&sol;image-42&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-437717" width&equals;"840" height&equals;"823"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><strong>The celebrant&&num;8217&semi;s older brother Philstavious Dowdell&comma; a high school football standout who had recently committed to Jacksonville State Univ&period; All fourth victims were planning on attending college in the fall <&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2023&sol;04&sol;Marsiah-Emmanuel-Siah-Collins-2&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-437740"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Marsiah Collins deferred enrollment to LSU and spent more time with his family&comma; his father said&period; The teen was killed Satruday night along with his best friend&comma; Philstavious Dowdell<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-large"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2023&sol;04&sol;KeKe-Nicole-Smith-3-1024x569&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-437742"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><strong> KeKe Nicole Smith&comma; 17&comma; &lbrack;photo&rsqb;&comma; was about to attend the University of Alabama&period; The high school senior Smith was also a student athletic manager on the Dadeville High School track and field team<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">Roughly an hour later&comma; the first shots rang out &&num;8211&semi; sending the 50 or so people who had been in attendance into a frenzy&period; He said he helped teens hide under the table where he was doing his DJ set&period; <br>&&num;8216&semi;I only tried to help who was in front of me&comma; so I had a lot of people under the table and beside me trying to protect them&period; <br>&&num;8216&semi;After everybody ran out&comma; I made sure they were OK and that&&num;8217&semi;s when I came out and the police arrived&period; I&&num;8217&semi;m just distraught for the kids&period;&&num;8217&semi;<br>Local enforcement after a preliminary investigation said shootout may have been the result of a physical altercation&period; The comments came news conference on Sunday evening &&num;8211&semi; but did not provide a possible motive behind the shooting&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2023&sol;04&sol;Alabama-police-inveitigate-at-Davidville-Dance-Studio-after-mass-shooting&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-437733" width&equals;"839" height&equals;"538"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">As police continue to piece together what happened Saturday night&comma; an officer overseeing the investigation provided an update that may have provided a hint as to the fate of the suspect&period; <br>Cops did not provide an update Sunday on the condition of the celebrant&comma; Dowdell&&num;8217&semi;s younger sister Alexis whose birthday party was interrupted by the rage of gunfire&period; <br>t least 15 teenagers from the birthday party were shot and taken to Dadeville’s Lake Martin Community Hospital&comma; spokesperson Heidi Smith said&period;<br>Among them&comma; five were in critical condition&comma; and four were in stable condition&comma; Smith said Sunday&period; Those nine patients have been transferred to other medical facilities&period;<a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;cnn&period;com&sol;2023&sol;04&sol;05&sol;health&sol;gun-violence-more-lethal&sol;index&period;html"><&sol;a><br>The remaining six patients have been treated and released&comma; Smith said&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2023&sol;04&sol;Fire-men-clean-davidville-Dance-Studio-after-mass-shooting&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-437730" width&equals;"836" height&equals;"547"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Law enforcement investigate the crime r the day after a shooting at a during a teenager&&num;8217&semi;s birthday party at Mahogany Masterpiece Dance Studio in Dadeville&comma; Alabama<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">Local law enforcement handed the investigation over the death investigation to the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency &lbrack;ALEA&rsqb;&comma; around midnight Sunday&comma; who later in the day confirmed the death toll in a statement&period;<br>Earlier Sunday&comma; Sgt&period; Jeremy Burkett confirmed that there had been four fatalities&comma; but provided little new information&period; Burkett&comma; however&comma; revealed that a total of 28 were injured&comma; including at least 15 teenagers&period;<br>Despite the leads&comma; police have not released any information about a possible suspect or motive behind the violence&period;<br>While Dadeville’s police chief asked for &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;patience” with the investigation&comma; he and state officials urged anyone who has pictures or information from the scene to help authorities&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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