Two teens embrace at a prayer vigil on Sunday, April 16, 2023, outside First Baptist Church in Dadeville, Ala. Several people were killed and over two dozen were injured in a shooting at a teen birthday party in the town on Saturday, April 15. DADEVILLE, Ala. — — Shaunkivia Nicole Smith was so exhilarated at the prospect of graduating from Dadeville High School that she often reminded a neighbor of the exact hour it was supposed to happen.
The weekend was marked by a series of high-profile shootings in the U.S. One left two people dead and four wounded Saturday in Louisville, Kentucky; another resulted in four men being shot — one fatally — in Los Angeles; and a third left two women wounded at Lincoln University in southeastern Pennsylvania. Nancy Morgan, a neighbor of Smith’s who recalled her focus on graduation, said her granddaughter was a friend of the teenager's and attended the fatal party.
It was still unclear Monday who started the shooting or why, although one witness said multiple people were firing. Also unclear was whether investigators had made any arrests. Much of the early public attention focused on Dowdell, who played wide receiver on the Dadeville High football team in a state where football rules Friday nights and Saturdays in the fall. The Tigers went undefeated in last year's regular season before losing in the playoffs. Dowdell was committed to play college ball at Jacksonville State University east of Birmingham.
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