Authorities say five teens were hospitalized, two in critical condition, after a shot was fired at a high school graduation party overnight at a West Texas home.
EL PASO, Texas – Five teens were hospitalized Saturday, two in critical condition, after a shot was fired at a high school graduation party overnight in West Texas, authorities said.
The teenagers, aged 16 to 18, were injured around 1 a.m. Saturday at a home in Socorro, a town on the Mexican border near El Paso, the police chief said. Socorro, David Burton. There were about 100 people.
Attendees at the party said the shooting erupted after a fight broke out between two groups, Burton said.
Burton expressed confidence at a news conference Saturday that a suspect would be identified and arrested.