9 teenagers injured in a Texas prom after-party shooting

By ACACIA CORONADO
Associated Press

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Nine teenagers were shot in an east Texas residence early Sunday at a prom after-party attended by hundreds, according to the Jasper County Sheriff’s Office. Just after midnight, deputies responded to shots fired at a private residence in Jasper County where the party was held and found nine victims with non-life-threatening gunshot wounds, Jasper County Sheriff’s Office officials said in a statement Sunday. About 250 people are estimated to have been present at the time of the shooting, the statement says. A second shooting within the city limits of Jasper, Texas, occurred shortly after, and a possible connection between the two is being investigated, Jasper County officials say.