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
was a comedian. uh humble. ah churchgoing guy grandmother kind of i gave him a scripture every morning before you went to school. you know, to make sure he was always on point. and we are learning from the dj keenan cooper again who was here and witness the shooting firsthand that that party was for dawdles sister his younger sister, so as you can understand, and incredibly traumatic situation for this family cooper, the dj says that he did not hear a fight or disturbance, anything leading up to it. it s simply seemed as though somebody began firing shots in the middle of that room in the middle of a party and then he just saw bodies dropping. um horrible scene for any child to see for anyone to see. this is why we ve
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