Cox stated she went to the again of the room and there have been “different shooters.”
“They informed me to get out of the way in which, or I might get shot,” she stated.
— Marty Roney, Montgomery Advisor
Pastor Ben Hayes, who serves because the chaplain for the Dadeville Police Division and for the native highschool soccer group, stated a lot of the victims have been teenagers. He stated the taking pictures occurred at a celebration for a 16-year-old, and the violence has shaken the small city the place severe crime is uncommon.
“One of many younger males that was killed was one in every of our star athletes and only a nice man. So I knew many of those college students. Dadeville is a small city and that is going to have an effect on all people on this space,” Hayes stated.
Hayes stated households had swarmed the native hospital Saturday evening looking for solutions and the situation of their kids. He added that severe crime is uncommon in Dadeville, and the small metropolis is “unhappy, traumatized, in shock.”