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Shootings in Dallas, Birmingham and Other US Cities Over Halloween Weekend

Elena MarquezPublished 9m ago2 min readBased on 4 sources
Shootings in Dallas, Birmingham and Other US Cities Over Halloween Weekend
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Four people were killed and 15 were injured in shootings in Dallas's Deep Ellum neighborhood over Halloween weekend, according to The Guardian.

Dallas Police Chief Daniel Comeaux said there were three separate shootings in the neighborhood. The gunfire over the span of one hour and 15 minutes, and no police officers were injured. Police were still trying to determine whether the shootings were related. Some arrests have been made in connection with them.

Comeaux held a news briefing on Sunday morning to share information about the investigation. He described it as complex and evolving, according to Fox 4.

Gunfire was reported in other parts of the country over the same weekend. In Birmingham, Alabama, one person was killed and eight were wounded in a shooting outside Legion Field, the stadium, after the Magic City Classic football game on Saturday night. In Newark, Delaware, six people were shot late Saturday near the University of Delaware campus, and all six were taken to hospitals.

In Bloomington, Illinois, an early Sunday shooting near Illinois Wesleyan University left a 19-year-old woman dead and another woman in critical condition. In Fayetteville, Arkansas, six people were taken to hospitals with gunshot wounds after an early Sunday shooting, and no arrests had been made.