like you.
Thank you.
Amna: Good evening and welcome
to the newshour.
A spate of Saturday night gun
violence has left more American
families grieving.
Police in two states are
imploring people to come forward
with information on the
shooters.
Geoff: In dadeville, Alabama, a
gunman killed four people at a
birthday party.
In Louisville, Kentucky, two
people died when someone fired
into a crowd at a public park.
We start tonight in Alabama,
where authorities have yet to
release many details or name a
suspect.
>> To my young people out there,
I want you to know you are not
going through this by yourself.
Geoff: Another community in
mourning after four people were
killed and at least 15 teenagers
were shot when gunfire broke out
Saturday night during a sweet 16
birthday party in the small town
of dadeville.
Bre Hutchinson is one of the
many victims, now recovering.
>> I grabbed on to somebody.
I don't know who and I was
yelling for help and nobody
would help me, so I had to like,
gain my strength, and like walk
outside after being shot.
Geoff: A gofundme account has
been set up to assist help
victims cover their medical
expenses, and for the families
who now have to make funeral
arrangements. Dadeville police
have refused to provide many
details about the case, but
authorities are asking members
of the community for help.
>> If you are at home right now
or you know somebody that has
any information about what
occurred last night, I cannot
stress this enough.
Ever how minor you think it is,
we absolutely need you to share
it.
Geoff: A county coroner today
identified the four people who
died in Saturday's shooting as:
23-year-old Corbin dahmontrey
Holston, 19-year-old marsiah
Emmanuel Collins, 17-year-old
shaunkivia Nicole Smith, and
18-year-old philstavious
Dowdell. Dowdell was at the
party celebrating his sister's
16th birthday, and committed to
play football at Jacksonville
state university this fall.
Dadeville high school football
coach, Roger McDonald.
>> We went undefeated regular
season and made it to the
playoffs three years in a row
and he was a big part of that.
He was just a leader and as far
as his ability, just an
electrifying player, but just a
special kid, always smiling, you
know.
Yes sir, no sir, thank you.
Well respected and just
everything you want out of a
teammate or a player.
Geoff: According to the gun
violence archive, dadeville
marks the country's 15th
shooting this year where four or
more people have died.
Today a bipartisan group of 162
U.S. Mayors sent a letter to
congress demanding gun safety
legislation, asking the
question, how many children must
die, how many adults must die
before our nation takes action
to reduce gun violence?
Amna: Anger also grew this
weekend over a recent shooting
in Kansas City, Missouri where a
black teen was shot after
showing up at the wrong house.
Residents are calling on police
to charge the shooter.
Geoff: Our communities
correspondent in Missouri,
Gabrielle Hayes, has the story.
>> Justice for Ralph.
Reporter: Outrage fills the
streets as America learned the
name of yet another black
teenager on a running list of
those who have been shot.
Ralph yarl.
The 16-year-old high school
junior hospitalized per se night
after be shot in the head while
trying to pick up his younger
siblings.
Police say yarl mistakenly
knocked on the wrong door and
was shot there twice in the head
and arm.
Yarl in stable condition, but a
life-threatening injury.
He is released from the hospital
and recovering at home, his
father told a local paper.
His aunt joined protesters
yesterday.
>> My nephew is alive and
healing.
The individual -- that is not
the story that individual
intended us to tell.
Reporter: Police have not
identified who shot yarl, but
the homeowner is placed on a 24
hour hold and then was released
with no charges yet, pending
further investigation.
They are looking into whether
the shooter was protected by
Missouri's stand your ground
laws which allow the deadly use
of force in self-defense.
>> We recognize the frustration
this can cause.
The women and men of the Kansas
City police department are
working as expeditiously and
thoroughly as we can.
Reporter: Police have not yet
shared the shooter's race.
Ben crump representing the yarl
family, says he is white.
Crump questioned the police
decision to release the suspect,
calling him armed and dangerous.
The shooting has deepened
already existing wounds in
Kansas City, which organizers
say has a long history of police
distrust.
>> We are not getting feedback,
especially on a person of color,
that is a issue with the police
department and people of color
in this community, north town,
midtown, all of Kansas City.
It is a slap in the face,
disrespectful.
It literally shows us what you
think of our lives.
Reporter: Mayor Quinton Lucas
says he is in contact with the
family.
>> We are working hard to uphold
justice and make sure police
follow the law.
Reporter: A gofundme from his
aunt described Ralph as a leader
in his marching band with
aspirations to attend Texas A&M
and major in chemical
engineering.
For the pbs newshour I am
Gabrielle Hayes.
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