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Shooting at toddler's Texas birthday party leaves 4 dead: Police
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Houston police officers put their shoes on after leaving the mosque following the funeral prayer service for Sabika Sheikh at the Brand Lane Islamic Center on May 20, 2018 in Stafford, Texas. Sheikh, an exchange student from Pakistan, was killed last Friday when 17-year-old fellow student Dimitrios Pagourtzis entered Santa Fe High School with a shotgun and a pistol and opened fire, killing her and 9 other people. Scott Olson/Getty Images/AFP
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dispute between members of two families at a toddler's first birthday party in Texas erupted into gunfire, leaving four men dead and a fifth wounded, police confirmed Sunday.
The fight broke out Saturday evening in a house in the small town of Taft, on the Gulf Coast near the city of Corpus Christi, said Sergeant Nathan Brandley, a spokesman for the Texas Department of Public Safety.
In addition to the four men found dead at the scene, a fifth was evacuated by helicopter to a hospital in Corpus Christi, Brandley said in a briefing posted on social media. The man's condition was unknown.
Other details were scant. It was unclear what had touched off the dispute.
Brandley said the Texas Ranger law enforcement agency was leading an investigation.
Texas laws -- including one that allows Texans to carry concealed weapons -- make it one of the gun-friendliest states in the country.
