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Alabama Sweet 16 Shooting: Police to Give Update Today as Suspect Still at Large in Party Attack

Police in smalltown Dadeville, Alabama, are set to give a press conference today as the investigation continues into a mass shooting at a teen’s “Sweet 16” birthday party in which four people were killed and 32 injured.

Details about what will be covered in the news conference, scheduled for 10 a.m. CT, weren’t immediately available. It will come four days after Saturday night’s attack, in which authorities have yet to name any suspects or provide a possible motive.

The party, held at a downtown venue in celebration of Alexis Dowdell’s 16th birthday, was in full swing when gunfire erupted there, witnesses said.

Her 18-year-old brother, Philstavious Dowdell, was killed, as were Marsiah Emmanuel Collins, 19; Shaunkivia “Keke” Nicole Smith, 17; and Corbin Dahmontrey Holston, 23, the Tallapoosa County coroner said.

Thirty-two other people were injured, the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency has said, without specifying their ages or whether they all were shot.

The FBI, US marshals, a prosecutor’s office and local police will be among those joining the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency at Wednesday’s news conference, the state agency said.

Investigators have been following up on “strong leads” in the shooting, Dadeville Police Chief Jonathan Floyd told CNN earlier this week.

As of Monday, the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency still was processing evidence and interviewing witnesses, it said.

Several shell casings used in handguns were collected at the scene, the agency said. No high-powered rifle ammunition was recovered, it added.

After days without significant answers from authorities, Alexis and Phil’s mother, LaTonya Allen — who was shot twice in the attack — has been anxiously awaiting news.

“I just want justice for my baby and all the other kids that were involved,” Allen told CNN on Monday. She later added, “They took away a piece of my heart, and I know the other mothers and fathers feel the same way.”

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