Halloween weekend shootings across US kill at least 24, wound 94
What's new: Dallas' Deep Ellum accounted for 4 deaths and 15 injuries, while police also investigated shootings near campuses and after a major football game.
Shootings across the United States over Halloween weekend left at least 24 people dead and 94 others wounded, with violence reported from California to Delaware. The deadliest episode cited in the coverage was in Dallas, where three early-morning shootings in the Deep Ellum nightlife district killed four people and injured 15. In Birmingham, Alabama, one person was killed and eight others were hurt in two shootings outside Legion Field after the Magic City Classic. Police also reported six people shot near the University of Delaware in Newark and a fatal shooting that left another woman in critical condition in Bloomington, Illinois. Authorities in several cities were still sorting out motives, links between incidents and possible charges.