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2 killed, 22 injured in wild Houston house party shooting

Houston Chronicle via AP / Anita Hassan

An unidentified parent waits on a child at the scene of a suburban Houston shooting late Saturday night. Two people have been killed and at least 22 others hurt when gunfire rang out at a large house party, according to authorities.

By Elisha Fieldstadt, NBC News

Two people were killed and at least 22 were injured during a shooting late Saturday night at a house party in a suburb of Houston, Texas police said.

On Sunday, Harris County police were searching for two suspects who opened fire between 11 p.m. and midnight inside a house where more than 100 "young adults" were gathered for a party, according to the Harris County Sheriff's office.

A man and a woman were killed in the chaos and the nearly two dozen who were injured were spread out between five area hospitals, said the sheriff's office in a statement. The injuries ranged from minor to critical, the sheriff's office said.

According to NBC affiliate KPRC Houston, one of the party-goers had a gun and started shooting inside a garage attached to the house.

"Many fled the home in a panicked rush to escape," according to the Sheriff's office.

"Potential witnesses and victims were scattered" because a flood of people fled the house and ran in different directions, Deputy Thomas Gilliland, with the Harris County Sheriff's Office, told KPRC.

While most of the victims were injured by bullets, the frenzied exodus also contributed to some of the injuries, Reuters reported.

According to KPRC, the victims range in age from 14 to 22 years old.

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Photo By Eric Kayne/For the Chronicle
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Shaniqua Brown, 17, left, who was at the party, and her mother Mary Brown stand in front of a home where two people were killed and at least 16 others wounded late Saturday when gunfire erupted at a house party in the Cypress area, authorities said. The shooting broke out about 11:15 p.m. in the 7300 block of Enchanted Creek Drive, near Fry and FM 529. Nov. 10, 2013 in Houston.

2 dead, 22 injured in gunfire at Houston house party, authorities say

Published November 10, 2013Associated Press

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  Nov. 10, 2013: Police vehicles at the scene of a suburban Houston shooting. (AP/HOUSTON CHRONICLE)
  

HOUSTON – 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.

Brown said word about the party was spread through Instagram, a photo-sharing app and website. She said she first heard gunshots in the house and they continued outside as people ran into the streets seeking cover. She told the AP she saw one gunman when she ran outside to escape.

Pools of blood were visible outside the two-story brick home Sunday, and the garage door was bent after people had pushed it upward while trying to escape.

Karen Briones was visiting relatives in the neighborhood, which is about 25 miles northwest of downtown Houston.

"Girls were crying and screaming, banging on people's doors asking them for help and to call 911," she told the newspaper.

The sheriff's statement said those hurt were taken to at least five area medical centers or hospitals, some by paramedics and some in private vehicles. Gilliland said some people were shot in the foot, ankle and hip.

Sheriff's Office spokeswoman Christina Garza told the Chronicle that at least one parent was in the house. Gilliland said investigators were trying to determine if alcohol had been served at the party.

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It is getting pretty bad when a person can't have a birthday party without this sort of violence. I am sick of the "youth" excuse.
This Birthday Party Turned Tragic After A Shooting Killed Two, Injured Over 20

Two were killed and 22 wounded after a shooter opened fire at a house party where about 100 teenagers and young adults celebrated Mariah Boulden’s 18th birthday

.posted on November 10, 2013 at 3:35pm EST

Alison Vingiano
BuzzFeed Staff


Mariah Boulden’s party on Saturday night started like many others: there were about 100 people gathered in her home, mostly young adults and teenagers, to celebrate her 18th birthday.



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But the party quickly turned deadly after gunfire erupted, killing two people and wounding at least 22 others, the Houston Chronicle reports.



ANITA HASSAN / AP Photo

The shots triggered a frantic rush to escape. Many pushed their way through the front doors; others jumped from second-floor windows to flee the suburban home in Cypress.



AP
The home where the shooting took place.

One man and a woman died — one at the scene and the other at a hospital. Officials have not release their ages or identities.



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Bloody footprints found in the home.

A 19-year-old Cypress Springs graduate named A. Henry told the Houston Chronicle“it sounded like a balloon popping.”
Partygoers got quiet, he said. Then the gunfire returned.
Henry said he heard between 10 and 12 shots fired, but was not sure of the exact number due to the chaos of the situation. The shooting seemed to last between three to five minutes, he told the newspaper. The Houston Chronicle reports:

At one point, he [Henry} was trying to move people toward the garage to help them and himself out. He saw two people on the floor, bleeding.
Uncertainty crossed his mind.
“I hope I make it out alive,” he recalled thinking.

Shaniqua Brown, a girl who attended the party, said it “was not rowdy at all,” before the shooting. People were dancing when they heard the gunfire.



Eric Kayne / For the Chronicle / Via chron.com
Police reported that the shots were fired between 11:30 p.m. and midnight.

Sheriff’s spokesman Thomas Gilliland said Sunday that deputies were confronted with “mass chaos” when they responded to the call. The “kids were literally everywhere,” he said.



AP

Karen Briones was visiting relatives in Cyprus, which is about 25 miles northwest of downtown Houston.
“Girls were crying and screaming, banging on people’s doors asking them for help and to call 911,” she told the newspaper.


Boulden said that the shooters weren’t “supposed to be here, whoever they was.”



AP

Mariah Boulden said her brother and others were patting down people as they entered their home. Two men refused to be searched and walked away. Apparently they hopped a neighbor’s fence and entered through a back gate.


Pools of blood splattered the home and front yard on Sunday. The garage door was bent after people had pushed it upward while trying to get away.



AP

Christina Garza, a spokeswoman with the sheriff’s office, said at least one parent was in the house. Investigators are trying to determine if alcohol was served at the party.



AP

The Sheriff’s Office said it is searching for two suspects.



AP
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2 high school students killed in party shooting

Posted: Nov 10, 2013 4:34 AM CSTUpdated: Nov 10, 2013 3:45 PM CST
By JUAN A. LOZANO

Associated PressHOUSTON (AP) - Celebratory gunshots fired at a girl's 18th birthday party triggered more gunfire that left two people dead, two critically injured and nearly two-dozen injured in a chaotic scene where people jumped from second-floor windows to escape the shooting at a suburban Houston home, authorities said Sunday.

Harris County Sheriff Adrian Garcia said the gathering Saturday night that drew more than 100 people, most of them 17- to 19-year-olds, became a "birthday party gone wild."

He said it appears partygoers were dancing in the home when someone armed with a pistol shot into the air in celebration. In the ensuing confusion, another person who was armed began firing into the crowd, Garcia said. Young people then streamed into the narrow street to avoid the burst of gunshots that followed shortly before 11 p.m. Saturday.

Authorities have given varying accounts of the number of people injured, but they clarified Sunday that 20 were hurt, with 16 suffering gunshot wounds and four others varying injuries such as a fracture and twisted ankles in the panic to flee.

The two people killed, one an 18-year-old male and the other a 16-year-old female, were high school students in Cypress, Garcia said.

He chastised the party organizers, who advertised the event on social media, saying "you have no control on who to expect at your door."

Authorities are searching for two gunmen, he said, one who's about 17 years old and the other believed to be about 22.

"It's a horrible combination of immaturity, access to a firearm, and the inability to control one's self," he said.

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