NEW: Two teenagers are charged with reckless murder in connection with a shooting that left four people dead and 32 injured at a weekend Sweet 16, authorities say.
Fifth Judicial Circuit District Attorney Mike Segrest struggled to maintain his composure, thinking of Alexis Dowdell, the birthday girl whose brother was among those killed.
“There’s an uncut cake and unburnt 16 candles that never got lit," Segrest said."Lexi’s brother was one of the victims. On her 16th birthday party, she knelt by her brother as he took his last breath. That’s what we're dealing with." The shooting started about an hour after someone with a gun was barred from the celebration, said party DJ Keenan Cooper, who reported hearing shots from multiple attackers.
Mourners attend a vigil at the First Baptist Church of Dadeville following a mass shooting at the Mahogany Masterpiece dance studio.The Dadeville attack was the latest mass shooting to plague the United States.
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