today with a deadly mass shooting in alabama. it happened last night in the small town of david ville. officials say four people were killed, and there were also quote a multitude of injuries. they say the incident was tied to a birthday party that coming from police and it happened downtown cnn s isabelle rose salas is following the latest developments, and she s joining me right now from dade ville. isabelle, what are you learning? hey friday, stolen, active and busy scene out here. you can see the yellow police tape blocking off essentially a block here leading into the venue right behind me. that brick building that is where the shooting occurred. it s a dance studio, and we re told by a witness. this was a sweet 16th birthday party. this is where the shooting occurred. we recently heard in the last couple of hours from the alabama law enforcement agency elia, who say that they have launched a death investigation. the shooting happening just after 10 30 saturday night her
take the leaf off. she s gonna drop this on my own. right. he s not supposed to eat the leaf. alright, watching all new eva longoria searching for mexico tonight at nine p.m. on cnn. hello again, everyone. thank you so much for joining me on fredricka whitfield and we re learning new details about a deadly mass shooting in alabama . at least four people were killed and 15 teenagers shot and wounded at a sweet 16 party. the shooting happened last night in the small town of dade ville. cnn s isabelle rose. alice is following the latest developments and joins me now from dave, ill. isabel, are you learning anything more? hey, fred. yeah, we are learning new details here. one of the four victims that have been killed from the shooting right behind me at this dance studio venue what has been described as a sweet 16 party birthday party has been identified as filled dowdell. mrs. per the dj who attended this event was in charge of the music here. also according to the pastor, and n
newsroom. i m jim acosta and washington and at any moment we re expecting a news briefing from law enforcement officials and dave ville, alabama, the sad sight of last night s horrifying mass shooting. we are hoping to learn more about a suspect or possible motive in that shooting rampage in this tiny alabama town. this is a look at a vigil that s about to get underway. at any moment. these are live pictures that you re looking at right now of this vigil that is about to take place in memory of the children. teenagers many of them who were lost in this mass shooting. here s what we know right now about this tragedy for people are confirmed dead, spokeswoman for one local hospital says 15 teenagers suffered gunshot wounds and were treated another hospital says it received multiple patients. the attack apparently happened at a sweet 16 birthday party in this community of 3000 people. one of those killed the older brother of the girl celebrating her 16th birthday. there you see
now falling. i m fredricka whitfield. cnn newsroom continues with jim acosta right now. you re live in the cnn newsroom. i m jim acosta in washington. we begin tonight with the sad reality that it has happened again. another mass shooting in america, this one in a tiny alabama town, with teenagers making up most of the victims. here s what we know. at this hour. four people are confirmed dead and dead. ville alabama spokesman for a local hospital, says 15 teenagers suffered gunshot wounds and were treated another hospital says it received multiple patients he attack was tied to a sweet 16 birthday party in this community of 3000 people. let s go live now to date ville and cnn s isabelle rose salas. isabel. what s the latest that we re learning there? hey gemma. good evening to you. we are learning that one of the four victims who was killed right behind me at this dance studio that was a venue. we re told by witnesses. first sweet 16 birthday party. that victim has been ident
were back live in the cnn newsroom. i m jim acosta in washington. us diplomatic personnel and their families are now safely out of sudan as the african nation descends into increasing violence. they were airlifted to neighboring djibouti and a dramatic overnight evacuation about 100. us special operations forces carried out a daring mission today, the u. s embassy in khartoum is closed. and the decision to evacuate personnel comes after a week of heavy fighting between sudan s military and arrival paramilitary group more than 400 people have been killed, including one american, the state department says there are about 16,000, potentially as many as 19,000 americans in sudan. most though, are dual nationals and our correspondents are well positioned here. and overseas to bring you all of the angles of this developing story. let s go to cnn s sam kiley live from djibouti. he s gonna be there in just a moment. let s begin with cnn s oren liebermann . he s over at the pentagon o