BIRMINGHAM, Alabama - Two former US college football players wereamong three people shot dead at a pool party near AuburnUniversity, a renowned powerhouse in the sport, Alabama police saidSunday. The three victims in the incident in the southern US state wereidentified as Ed Christian, Ladarious Phillips and Demario Pitts,all 20 years old. Christian and Phillips were former players at Auburn, one of theleading football schools in America. Current Auburn player Eric Mack was among three others wounded inthe shooting.
"This is a trying time because it's not only university studentsand athletes, but it's young people. It's six young people thathave been shot," said Auburn police chief Tommy Dawson. "As you can tell, the community is shaken by this and grievingtoday." Authorities said they were still hunting for the shooter,identified as 22-year-old Desmonte Leonard of Montgomery, Alabama.Dawson said the suspect was believed to still be in Montgomery. The off-campus shooting at a party in the University Heightsapartment complex late Saturday came as colleges across the UnitedStates are ending classes ahead of summer break. One witness, Turquorius Vines, told police he and Pitts wereapproached by two unknown men who started arguing with them over awoman.
Vines, 23, said he punched one of the men, while Pitts hit both ofthem over the head with a bottle before one or both of thestrangers began shooting. "It started from a female. We were trying to get away from thetrouble and it ended up right in our face," Vines told The AtlantaJournal-Constitution newspaper. The party, Vines said, "went from us chilling with all thesefemales to a massacre for no reason at all." "It happened so quick, in about a second," he added. Dawson said the shooting broke out during a "fight that got carriedaway and got out of hand." Auburn, the largest and fastest-growing city in eastern Alabama,has a population of more than 53,000 people.
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