Teen Brothers Arrested, Charged in Alabama Birthday Party Shooting

DADEVILLE, AL - APRIL 16: Mourners attend a vigil at the First Baptist Church of Dadeville
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AWR Hawkins

Alabama law enforcement officials announced during a Wednesday morning press conference that two brothers had been arrested and charged with reckless murder in connection with Saturday night’s Dadeville birthday party shooting.

On Sunday morning, Breitbart News reported that four people had been killed in the shooting, and numerous others were wounded.

The establishment media widely reported the incident as a mass shooting then law enforcement officials announced no rifle casings were found at the scene. Rather, all the spent shell casings were from “handguns.” Officials also clarified they were seeking “suspects” versus a lone attacker.

On Wednesday, law enforcement announced the arrests of 16-year-old Travis McCullough and 17-year-old Tyreik McCullough. The brothers were each charged with four counts of reckless murder.

NBC News reported a motive was not revealed for the McCullough brothers’ alleged attack on the partygoers.

However, the party’s DJ, Keenan Cooper, indicated that the shooting began roughly an hour after someone was prohibited from entering the party because they were armed.

AWR Hawkins is an award-winning Second Amendment columnist for Breitbart News and the writer/curator of Down Range with AWR Hawkins, a weekly newsletter focused on all things Second Amendment, also for Breitbart News. He is the political analyst for Armed American Radio and a Turning Point USA Ambassador. AWR Hawkins holds a Ph.D. in Military History, with a focus on the Vietnam War (brown water navy), U.S. Navy since Inception, the Civil War, and Early Modern Europe. Follow him on Instagram: @awr_hawkins. You can sign up to get Down Range at breitbart.com/downrange. Reach him directly at awrhawkins@breitbart.com.

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