Nine youngsters have been injured after in a firearm incident at a teenagers’ party in Jasper County, Texas.
The shooting took place early Sunday at a private residence where some 250 Jasper High School students had gathered after their annual prom dance.
The victims, who have not been publicly named, are between the age brackets 15 to 19.
EsB learnt that none of the victims suffered life-threatening injuries, as all are recovering from their wounds at two local hospitals.
The victims include a 19-year-old girl who sustained two gunshot wounds to the hand and a male soccer star who was shot in the knee.
Police have not yet made any arrests and are requesting the public’s help.
‘All we know is some kids ganged up after prom to have a night they could remember the rest of their lives, and somehow it got twisted, a bunch of children got shot, Jasper County Sheriff Mitchel Newman said on Sunday.
The sheriff said investigators were speaking to students who attended the party, including several persons of interest, but no motive for the incident had yet been identified.
The shooting brought an abrupt end to the house party just north of Jasper, a town of about 7,000 people in eastern Texas, shortly after midnight on Sunday.
A majority of students at the party had attended Jasper High’s prom, which took place without incident earlier in the night at a local church meeting hall.
The shooting was the second to take place overnight within city limits and the sheriff’s office is investigating whether the two were related.
Last weekend, four people were killed and 28 others were injured in a shooting at a ‘Sweet 16’ birthday party in Alabama.
