Photo: Texarkana Texas Police Department/Facebook
Police have arrested 21-year-old Keuntae McElroy of Texarkana, Ark., following a shooting at a Halloween party in east Texas that left one man dead and nine others injured.
According to theTexarkana Police Department, the shooting happened just before midnight inside Octavia’s Event Center in Texarkana, Texas. In a Facebook post, the department said officers “encountered a large number of people running from the building and several inside suffering from gunshot wounds.”
The victim, a 20-year-old man whose identity is being withheld pending next-of-kin notification, died shortly after being transported to an area hospital.
There were reportedly “at least a couple hundred people in the venue” when shots broke out. Detectives are still investigating a motive for the shooting, though “the preliminary investigation indicates that it may have been the result of some type of disturbance among some the partygoers.”
McElroy allegedly fled the scene shortly after the shooting, but turned himself into authorities on Sunday morning after police contacted several of his family members and friends.
According to Bi-State Detention Centerjail records, McElroy was charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, though additional charges are expected to be filed on Monday.
On Sunday, Vanessa Jackson-Fields, owner of Octavia’s Event Center, condemned the deadly shooting onFacebook.
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According to theTexarkana Gazette, Jackson-Fields said she was outside the building when she heard the ringing of gunfire.
“Our place was being rented for a costume party, and we had a DJ playing music on the stage. I was standing next to the front outside doors when I started hearing gunshots being fired as someone pushed me out the door,” Jackson-Fields recalled.
source: people.com
