US media outlets, including The New York Times (NYT), NBC, and the Associated Press, reported on November 1 (local time) that successive shootings across the United States over the Halloween weekend left at least 24 people dead and 94 others injured.

The area that suffered the heaviest casualties is the Deep Ellum entertainment district in Dallas, Texas.

According to local police, three separate shootings occurred there over a span of about one hour and 15 minutes on the night of October 31, resulting in four deaths and 15 injuries.

While some suspects have been arrested, the exact motives and causes behind the incidents have not yet been definitively confirmed.

Initial investigations indicate that the three shootings were not related to one another.

Dallas Police Chief Daniel Comeaux said, "We currently have suspects in custody and under investigation, and we are verifying whether the three incidents are connected."

Halloween weekend shootings broke out across the United States, stretching from California to Delaware.

The holiday was stained with blood as gunfire erupted in festive commercial districts, major shopping malls, football stadiums, and university campuses.


In Birmingham, Alabama, two shootings occurred on the night of October 31 right after a football game between Alabama State University and Alabama A&M University.

The shootings took place just outside the stadium and in an outdoor parking area where pre- and post-game cheering was taking place, leaving one person dead and eight injured.

Two of the injured are reportedly in critical condition.

The two universities are long-standing rivals of over a century, and about 70,000 spectators flocked to the game.

Birmingham Police Chief Michael Pickett noted that the first shooting occurred near an area crowded with food vendors, adding, "It is fortunate that more people were not injured."

Police have taken a 17-year-old suspect into custody and are investigating after seizing multiple firearms found in the suspect's possession.

Near the campus of Illinois Wesleyan University in Bloomington, Illinois, a mass shooting in the early hours of November 1 left a 19-year-old woman dead and seven others injured.

One of the injured is reported to be in critical condition.

In Jacksonville, Florida, a 17-year-old girl waiting in line to enter a Halloween party early on November 1 was shot and killed, and two people died with four others injured at a club in Mississippi.

Two gun incidents also occurred in Arkansas.

In the early hours of November 1, a shooting near a shopping mall southwest of Little Rock, Arkansas, left one person dead and multiple people injured.

Additionally, a mass shooting occurred early that morning in Fayetteville, sending six people to the hospital.

Initial investigations confirmed that an argument preceded the shootings, but no suspects have been arrested yet.

Shootings also continued at Halloween merchandise stores.

On the night of October 31, a mass shooting at a Halloween costume store inside a shopping mall in Fairfield, California, killed a 31-year-old pregnant woman and injured six others.

That same evening of October 31 at a Halloween supply store in Madison Heights, Michigan, an argument between two 21-year-old men led to a shooting that left one of them with gunshot wounds.

In addition, a shooting near the University of Delaware on the night of October 31 injured six people, and two students attending a party at the University of Colorado Boulder were shot, resulting in one death.

In Detroit, a 5-year-old girl playing in a back room in a Halloween costume on the night of October 31 was struck and injured by a stray bullet.

According to the NYT, experts warn that the combination of widespread alcohol and drug use during Halloween, along with easy access to firearms, can easily turn festivities into acts of violence.

US media outlets pointed out that past cases also show a tendency for violent incidents to surge during the Halloween period.

(Photo provided by The Dallas Morning News, AP, Yonhap News)