Four fatalities have been confirmed after a shooting at a birthday party in Dadeville, Alabama - among them, a high school athlete.
Phil Dowdell has been named by his grandmother as one of the victims of the mass shooting which took place at a birthday celebration shortly after 10.30pm on Saturday night, April 15. A second victim has been named as KeKe Nicole Smith, the manager of the basketball and track and field teams, according to the Alexander City Outlook.
His grandmother confirmed that he had been attending his sister Alexis' 'Sweet-16' party before gunfire broke out. The high school athlete had been on track to go to Jacksonville State on a football scholarship.
