Posted on 11/10/2013 4:37:02 PM PST by Altura Ct.
A burst of gunfire at an 18-year-old girl's birthday party Saturday night left two dead, another two critically injured and dozens hurt in a chaotic scene where people jumped from second-floor windows to escape the shooting at a suburban Houston home.
More than 100 people, mostly 17- to 19-year-olds, had gathered at the home in Cypress, the Harris County Sheriff's Office said. Partygoer Shaniqua Brown told The Associated Press it "was not rowdy at all," and many people were dancing when they heard the shots, which police said were fired between 11:30 p.m. and midnight.
Authorities say they're seeking two gunmen.
A man and woman died -- one at the scene and another at a hospital. They have not been identified by name. As many as 22 were hurt, with injuries ranging from gunshot wounds to twisted ankles by those fleeing in panic. Sheriff's spokesman Thomas Gilliland said Sunday authorities are still trying to determine the condition for many of the injured.
He said deputies were confronted with "mass chaos" when they responded to the call in this residential neighborhood about 25 miles northwest of Houston, adding that "kids were literally everywhere." He said witnesses reported partygoers jumping from the second floor in their scramble to flee.
Mariah Boulden told the Houston Chronicle it was her birthday party. She said her brother and others were patting down people as they entered her home. Two men refused to be searched and walked away, she told the newspaper, then apparently hopped a neighbor's fence and entered through a back gate.
"They wasn't supposed to be here whoever they was," Boulden said.
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Searching people heading into a birthday party?
And two guys walk off, jump a fence..
Gang involvement?
“They wasn’t supposed to be here whoever they was,”
Just from this statement I know this was a gathering of Amish
What the.....???? What kind of a neighborhood do these people live in?
For an 18 year olds birthday party? I'll bet I can racially profile that bunch!
Partygoer named Shaniqua Brown is another clue as to the types of people attending the party.
Can you believe, that somebody was searching people entering the party??? What the heck???
Sad to say, it appears they had reason to search people. Holy Toledo......
/johnny
/johnny
Just your average Amish yute gathering, nothing to see here folks, move along.
Suspicion confirmed.
How many Shaniqua’s was at dat party ?
Sounds to me like they were profiling the party goers..where is Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton with the outrage, how dare they profile and pat people down/sarc
How do you know?
Who did you ax?
Shaniqua Brown?
Sounds like Hillary Clinton..she sometimes does that “Hey look at me I’m black” accent that she does
they was
It’s getting to the point now where you just automatically associate indiscriminate gunfire and “da black community”.
It’s like a Pavlovian response now, no thinking involved. And how many will get shot in Chicago this weekend?
On and on it goes - and not a peep from the Obama, the Congressional Black Caucus, Big Media, the New York Times - nothing.
I guess they never got to the cake and ice cream. The pony rides were probably also put on hold.
The following article linked from the Houston Chronicle has photos, video, etc.
I’m thinking this wasn’t comparable.
Sounds like the two guys may have been gang members of some sort that had a “beef” and were there to make some “point” to someone.
The weapon check at the door is where similarity ends it seems.
I just have a sense that the two fence jumpers weren’t there for the party.
“Shaniqua”
Tells me all the information that I need.
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