*(CNN) — Two Alabama teens have been arrested and face murder charges in the deadly rampage at a weekend Sweet 16 birthday party in Dadeville, state police said Wednesday. Ty Reik McCullough, 17, and Travis McCullough, 16, both of Tuskegee, were arrested Tuesday night. Each faces four counts of reckless murder, said Sgt. Jeremy Burkett with the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency.
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The attack Saturday night left four people dead and at least 32 others hurt, including at least 15 teenagers who suffered gunshot wounds. Given the injuries, more charges will be filed, and both suspects will be charged as adults, Fifth Circuit District Attorney Mike Segrest said.
“We’ve still got four that are in the hospital, four that are in critical condition,” Segrest said. “This is just the tip of the iceberg.”
The carnage was one of at least 165 US mass shootings — with four or more shot, excluding a gunman — in the first four months of this year, according to the Gun Violence Archive.
It’s still not clear why the young victims were massacred.
“We can’t get into a motive right now,” Burkett said. “That would be part of an ongoing investigation. We can’t share that.”
Authorities also didn’t say what connection, if any, the two suspects had to Alexis Dowdell’s Sweet 16 party. Their hometown, Tuskegee, is about 30 miles south of Dadeville.
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