4 dead, 1 injured in shooting at toddler's birthday party
Source: CNN
By Keith Allen and Nicole Chavez, CNN
Updated 3:03 AM ET, Sun October 14, 2018
(CNN)Four men died and one was injured in a shooting at a toddler's birthday party near Corpus Christi, Texas, the Texas Department of Public Safety said.
Police responded to reports of a shooting at a home in Taft, Texas on Saturday, the state's Department of Public Safety spokesman Sgt. Nathan Brandley said.
The shooting stemmed from an altercation between two separate families who were celebrating the birthday of a 1-year-old child, Brandley said.
The injured man has been airlifted to a hospital in Corpus Christi, Brandley said.
Read more: https://us.cnn.com/2018/10/14/us/texas-birthday-party-shooting/index.html
SWBTATTReg
(22,124 posts)provided in the link (in short, this post pretty well had all of the information that the link had, and nothing else), at least for now.
KY_EnviroGuy
(14,491 posts)Not much else at this time but perhaps more later Sunday:
Corpus Christi Caller-Times
Link: https://www.caller.com/
turbinetree
(24,701 posts)Paladin
(28,261 posts)7962
(11,841 posts)to see how close I am to being right.
At least the kid is too young to remember what happened when he or she gets older
Hangingon
(3,071 posts)Will wait for details,but I know what I expect to hear.
dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)Meth?
Hangingon
(3,071 posts)Taft is the only Clinton precinct in this sea of red/pink. I am sure booze played some part, maybe meth. This was an Hispanic family shooting. Sadly a meeting of in-laws. Possibly a Romeo/Juliette family thing.
getagrip_already
(14,751 posts)Wasn't a person of color or the media would be all over it. They would have pictures, and gang affiliations (even where there are none), and stories of drug use in the area.
So we pretty much know who it isn't.
LanternWaste
(37,748 posts)7962
(11,841 posts)Aristus
(66,377 posts)Polybius
(15,417 posts)I have a close friend who's a cop, and whenever he comes to my house for a card game or get-together, he never brings his gun.
Progressive Jones
(6,011 posts)We're not talking about "fine, upstanding citizens" here.
We're talking about the lowest quality Americans.
I expect very little good from the bottom feeders.
Polybius
(15,417 posts)Even if someone has open carry, loves guns, and feels the need to take it with you to the supermarket, they have no business bringing a firearm to a kid's party period.
paleotn
(17,917 posts)What does "lowest quality Americans" even mean?
Mosby
(16,311 posts)BeyondGeography
(39,374 posts)They found it.
Hassin Bin Sober
(26,328 posts)Initech
(100,076 posts)Who are the good guys with guns again?
SFnomad
(3,473 posts)up until the moment he shot the first person.
BeckyDem
(8,361 posts)Fucking idiots.