A spate of mass shootings occurred across the United States over Mother’s Day weekend, leaving at least 11 people dead in Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Massachusetts, and Ohio.
An altercation at a nightclub turned into a shootout in Atlanta Sunday morning, police said. statement. Atlanta police reportedly responded to the incident at the Eleven 45 Lounge around 2:28 a.m. and found six people shot to death. Two victims were pronounced dead at the scene, and the other two were hospitalized but are expected to survive, Atlanta police said. The status of the others remains unknown. No arrests were reported at the time of publication.
“Preliminary investigation indicates that the shooting occurred during a physical struggle at the scene, which then escalated into gunfire,” Atlanta police said in a news release.
#breaking news: Two people were killed and four others were injured in a gunfight inside the Elben 45 Lounge nightclub in Buckhead early Sunday morning, according to Channel 2 Action News. https://t.co/k5ZglBAeJB
— Atlanta Journal-Constitution (@ajc) May 12, 2024
At about the same time, police responded to another shooting in Tallahassee, Florida at 2:30 a.m. Sunday and found “multiple victims suffering from gunshot wounds,” NBC News reported. report. Two men were reported dead at the scene. The other two people were hospitalized, but their conditions are said to be “unknown.” Authorities are still piecing together the circumstances that led to the shooting, but are treating the incident as a double homicide as they continue to investigate. according to To the Tallahassee Police Department. (Related: Teen killed, 4 others injured in shooting at bus stop near daycare center)
The Tallahassee Police Department is currently investigating a double homicide at 1147 Apalachee Parkway. pic.twitter.com/loMp8lDapO
— Tallahassee Police Department (@TallyPD) May 12, 2024
Around the same time, three men were reportedly injured in Tampa after an argument in a parking lot escalated into a shootout Sunday morning. All were taken to the hospital. Two people later died from their injuries, according to NBC News. The deceased were identified as Kenneth Washington, 28, and Kevon Christmas, 23, the newspaper said. The third victim remains hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries, the paper said.
Initial findings suggest that the three people know each other and have had previous interactions. Tampa police said the confrontation started as an argument between three people and escalated into a gunfight. news release.
2 dead, 3 injured in south Tampa shooting https://t.co/cLm43JKkTf
— FOX 13 Tampa Bay (@FOX13News) May 12, 2024
Police officers who were already stationed in Tampa’s South Howard (SOHO) neighborhood were reportedly on scene at the time of the incident for crowd control and evacuation purposes. No officers were injured in the altercation, and no additional injuries were reported, the release added.
Additionally, gunfire erupted at an outdoor party in Stockton, Alabama, where 1,000 people reportedly attended around 9:30 p.m. Saturday. Baldwin County Sheriff’s Capt. Andre Reed announced that three people were killed and 18 others were injured. Said WALATV.
According to the report, multiple gunmen are believed to have been involved, but no arrests have been made.
In a separate incident in Euclid, Ohio, just before 10 p.m. Saturday, 23-year-old police officer Jacob Durbin was shot and killed after responding to a disturbance at a residence.
“While police were investigating, a man with a gun ambushed officers and fired shots,” Lt. Mitchell Hauser, a spokesman for Cleveland’s Euclid Police Department, said in a statement. according to Go to ABC7.
AG Yost released the following statement regarding the death of Euclid Police Officer Jacob Durbin, who was killed in the line of duty Saturday evening. pic.twitter.com/1CiSYcg0gD
— Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost (@OhioAG) May 12, 2024
Authorities began searching for the suspect, Deshawn Anthony Vaughn, 24, after the shooting. But Vaughn was found dead at his residence Sunday afternoon, the newspaper said. The motive for the shooting is still under investigation, ABC 7 reported.
A 16-year-old boy was killed in a shooting early Sunday during a house party in Northboro, Massachusetts, a town about 58 miles east of Boston, authorities said. Worcester County District Attorney Joseph D. Early said at a news conference that three people were hospitalized and released with injuries, including a 17-year-old boy who was shot in the hip.
