DADEVILLE, Ala. - Law enforcement officials have arrested two teenagers and charged them with murder for the mass shooting during a Sweet 16 birthday party in eastern Alabama that killed four and injured more than 30 people.Members of the press from all over the country gathered on the steps of the Tallapoosa County Courthouse nearly 84 hours after the shots were fired at the Mahogany Masterpiece dance studio, located just one block away.
Investigators say 18-year-old Phil Dowdell, 23-year-old Corbin Holston, 19-year-old Marsiah Collins, and 17-year-old KeKe Smith were killed in the gunfire.
Another 32 people were rushed to hospitals across the region for injuries ranging from minor to critical.Law enforcement say they arrested 17-year-old Ty Reik McCullough and 16-year-old Travis McCullough at around 8 p.m.
Tuesday and charged them with four counts of reckless murder. More charges are expected. Officials say they will charge both McCulloughs as adults and that prosecutors would ask a judge to hold them without bail.