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Two men have been arrested in connection with a shooting that killed two people and injured 19 others at a house party in Houston, the U.S. state of Texas, local authorities said on Monday.
The two suspects, identified as 21-year-old Willie Young and 18- year-old Randy Stewart, were arrested on Monday, the Harris County Sheriff's Office said in a press release. Young is charged with deadly conduct, and Stewart aggravated assault.
The shooting happened late Saturday night when nearly 100 people, mostly young adults and teens, were celebrating a birthday at a home in the Houston suburb of Cypress.
The incident was described as a "birthday party gone wild" by Sheriff Adrian Garcia on Sunday. The massive party reportedly turned violent when a first celebratory gunfire led to random shootings into the crowd, prompting panicked people to scramble for life. Some even broke second-floor windows and jumped.
Two Cypress Springs High School students, an 18-year-old male and a 16-year-old female, were killed. One of them died at the scene, and the other at a hospital.
Nineteen others were injured, 18 with gunshot wounds and one with a broken leg.
Authorities also put some of the blame on social media, as the birthday party was reportedly advertised on Twitter and Instagram to invite strangers to the home.
No firearms were recovered at the scene, but several bullet casings were found, the sheriff said. No drugs or alcohol is suspected in the shooting.
