Halloween weekend shootings across US leave at least 6 dead, dozens injured

In a Halloween weekend marked by violence, four people died and 15 were injured in three separate shootings in Dallas, Texas. Police Chief Daniel Comeaux stated that police are still investigating whether the incidents were connected. The shootings occurred over a one-hour and 15-minute span in the Deep Ellum neighbourhood, a bustling entertainment district.

Although some arrests were made, Comeaux did not disclose the number or charges. No police officers sustained injuries during the incidents. In Birmingham, Alabama, a mass shooting occurred outside Legion Field after the "Magic City Classic" American football game, resulting in one death and eight injuries. Most spectators had departed the stadium before the shooting, which took place near vendors along Graymont Avenue.

One suspect was detained and questioned, along with multiple weapons found. The annual football game, which drew nearly 70,000 fans, is a long-standing event between Alabama State and Alabama A&M universities, historical black colleges. In Newark, Delaware, six individuals were shot near the University of Delaware campus, all requiring hospitalization.

The city's Main Street was temporarily closed following the shooting. A shooting in Bloomington, Illinois, left a 19-year-old woman dead and another critically injured, with six others sustaining non-life-threatening injuries. The location of the shooting is near the campus of Illinois Wesleyan University. Lastly, six people were hospitalized with gunshot wounds in Fayetteville, Arkansas, after an early Sunday shooting, with no arrests made yet. Preliminary investigations suggest an altercation may have preceded the violence.