At least six people were killed and dozens were injured in Halloween weekend shootings in nightlife areas across the United States, according to an Associated Press report published Sunday, Nov. 1, by PBS NewsHour. The largest reported death toll was in Dallas, where police were investigating three shootings in Deep Ellum.
Dallas Police Chief Daniel Comeaux said four people died and 15 were injured in shootings that occurred over roughly 75 minutes Saturday night. Investigators had not determined what prompted the violence or whether the incidents were connected. Comeaux said arrests had been made but did not provide a number or identify charges.
In Birmingham, Alabama, police reported one death and eight people wounded near Legion Field after Saturday’s Magic City Classic football game. Police Chief Michael Pickett said most spectators had already left the stadium property when gunfire broke out near vendors on Graymont Avenue. Police detained one person for questioning and recovered multiple weapons; the circumstances remained unclear.
Six people were shot near the University of Delaware campus in Newark late Saturday and taken to hospitals, police said. Their conditions had not been updated by Sunday afternoon.
Near Illinois Wesleyan University in Bloomington, Illinois, an early Sunday shooting killed a 19-year-old woman and left another woman critically injured. Six other people had injuries described as not life-threatening, though authorities’ statement did not establish whether those six had been shot.
In Fayetteville, Arkansas, six people were hospitalized with gunshot wounds early Sunday. Police said preliminary findings indicated an altercation preceded the shooting, and no arrests had been made.
Separately, Friday shootings at Spirit Halloween stores in Fairfield, California, and Madison Heights, Michigan, each killed one person. Police described the Fairfield attack, which also wounded six people, as targeted.