Alabama birthday party shooting leaves four dead and 32 injured

The shooting happened at Mahogany Masterpiece dance studio in Dadeville, Alabama, on Saturday. Four days later, Alabama authorities announced the names of the two teenagers being charged, brothers Ty Reik McCullough, 17, and Travis McCullough, 16. The teens are being charged with four counts of reckless murder. Special Agents with the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency’s (ALEA) State Bureau of Investigation (SBI) arrested the teens, according to reports from Fox News. 

“These individuals have been charged after a complex and thorough investigation was conducted with assistance from a multitude of law enforcement agencies,” the ALEA said in a statement. As the investigation continues no further information, “is available” according to the statement made by the ALEA.

In a report from Fox News, it was said that “gunfire broke out Saturday at a birthday party for Alexis Dowdell, which was being held at the dance studio just off the town’s courthouse square. Witnesses have said multiple people began shooting some time after Dowdell’s mother paused the celebration to ask people with guns to leave.”