It was supposed to be a festive rite-of-passage, but a Sweet 16 party on Friday turned tragic when gunfire erupted and multiple people were shot, WABC-TV reports. The shooting occurred around 11 p.m. at a gathering on Staten Island in New York. A “large fight” reportedly broke out at the party, which preceded the shooting, according …
All of the dead were members of Joana Cruz’s family — 2 sons, a daughter-in-law, and the daughter-in-law’s brother and sister. Cruz and one of her sons were celebrating their birthdays next week, along with her daughter, who left the party before the shooting.
A Colorado birthday party was violently interrupted early Sunday morning when a man walked into the home where the party was taking place and opened fire, killing six people before taking his own life. Adults and children alike were at the party, Colorado Springs police said, but no children were hurt. The children “are now …
A 6-year-old girl in Florida has died after she was one of three people shot at a toddler’s birthday party this weekend. According to WPLG, Chassidy Saunders died at Jackson Memorial Hospital’s Ryder Trauma Center after she was hit by a bullet in Miami on Saturday night. Two adults were also shot: a 20-year-old woman …
An 8-year-old Ohio girl died in a hail of bullets fired into a teenage boy’s backyard birthday party Friday night in Akron’s southwestern Sherbondy Hill neighborhood. “All hell broke out,” said Willie Walker, 62, who was hosting the party for his 15-year-old grandson, according to the Akron Beacon Journal. “I don’t know what the hell …
