Shootings at Party in North Carolina Kill 2 and Injure Several Others

Shootings at Party in North Carolina Kill 2 and Injure Several Others
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MAXTON, N.C.—Shootings at a large outdoor Halloween party in southeastern North Carolina early Saturday killed two people—one of them 16 years old—and wounded several others, a sheriff said.

Robeson County Sheriff Burnis Wilkins’ office said that 13 people were shot at the party held at a home in a rural area outside of Maxton, which is about 95 miles southwest of Raleigh near the South Carolina border.