21-Year-Old Pregnant Woman Killed, 4 Injured in Texas Shooting: Police

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A 21-year-old pregnant woman was killed and four others injured in a shooting at a Texas park early Saturday.

TheHouston Police Departmentreceived reports from their ShotSpotter technology of “a total of 36 shots fired” at the Margaret Jenkins Park at 1:14 a.m. on Saturday morning, assistant chief Ernest Garcia said in a news briefing.

A preliminary report showed that there were multiple groups of people at the Sunnyside park where “people started firing their firearms” after an argument began, Garcia said.

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Autumn’s mother, Ebony Vallian, toldABC Houston station KTRKthat she and her daughter were celebrating a birthday at the park with friends and others she knew.

“As we were getting ready to leave, they started a little commotion,” Ebony Vallian recalled of the incident. “One (man) pulled a gun. When he pulled his gun, the other guy’s girlfriend came out of her truck and came with a gun. They were talking back and forth about who would do what and however, and they started shooting at each other.”

Ebony said she and her daughter were trying to leave before the altercation broke out.

Police urge anyone with information to contact Houston Police Department’s Homicide Division at 713-308-3600.

source: people.com