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Reuters
Reuters
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By Cheney Orr and Julia Harte

Four dead in Alabama 'Sweet 16' birthday party shooting

A bloody handprint marks a pillar the day after a shooting during a teenager's birthday party at MahoganyMasterpiece Dance Studio in Dadeville, Alabama, U.S. April 16, 2023. REUTERS/Cheney Orr

At least four people were killed and 28 wounded in a shooting that erupted during a late-night "Sweet 16" birthday celebration at a dance studio in the small town of Dadeville, Alabama, state police and local news media said on Sunday.

Some of the injured were critically wounded during the shooting in east-central Alabama, about 60 miles (100 km) northeast of the state capital of Montgomery, authorities said. There was no official word on what led to the gun violence.

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