Six now in custody
for Dadeville shooting
By Tom Knighton | 2:30 PM on April 21, 2023
6 people face murder charges for the Sweet 16 party massacre that left 4 dead and 32 injured
What happened over the weekend in Dadeville, Alabama ws, in fact, awful. We all know it. It shouldn’t have happened, but it did.
For many, that was all the evidence they needed to call for gun control.
However, I figured that when things shook out and we learned a lot more, we’d find that the problem wasn’t the lack of gun control but the fact that gun control is ill-equipped to prevent such things.
Now, six people are in custody for the shootings, and guess what? It wasn’t a lack of gun control.
For many, that was all the evidence they needed to call for gun control.
However, I figured that when things shook out and we learned a lot more, we’d find that the problem wasn’t the lack of gun control but the fact that gun control is ill-equipped to prevent such things.
Now, six people are in custody for the shootings, and guess what? It wasn’t a lack of gun control.
The Alabama Law Enforcement Agency and Tallapoosa County District Attorney Mike Segrest have confirmed a sixth arrest in the Dadeville mass shooting that left four dead and dozens injured.
A 15-year-old male from Tuskegee is also facing four counts of reckless murder. The teen’s name was not released due to his age.
Two other suspects were announced by the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency hours earlier Thursday. Johnny Letron Brown, 20, of Tuskegee, and Willie George Brown, 19, of Auburn, were arrested Thursday. ALEA confirmed these two are cousins. Like the other suspects charged, they also face four counts of reckless murder.
The arrests of Wilson LaMar Hill Jr., 20, Tyreese “Ty Reik” McCullough, 17, and Travis McCullough, 16, were announced Wednesday.
After announcing the first three arrests on Wednesday, ALEA Sgt. Jeremy Burkett said more arrests were to be expected.
“We very much have a plan, and we’re trying to execute it in a way that’s gonna work for what we’re trying to accomplish,” Burkett said. “We’ve been very strategic.”
That’s for the best.
Now, let’s remember that the shooters used handguns. Judging by the ages of the accused, though, there’s absolutely no way any of these three obtained a firearm lawfully. Yes, even in Alabama.
Federal law itself mandates that handguns cannot be sold to anyone under the age of 21 and yet, here we are.
What a lot of people don’t get is that criminals will violate laws. It’s kind of in the definition of “criminal.”
So, when they make a big to-do about how we need gun control to prevent them from being armed, it’s beyond ridiculous to take the arguments seriously.
In Dadeville, it looks like six people under the age of 21 had handguns, at least two of whom carried the guns illegally (Alabama’s law has constitutional carry for ages 20 and up), then used them in an illegal manner.
Just what would have suddenly stopped them from breaking the laws they already broke?
Universal background checks wouldn’t have. No one mistakes a 16-year-old for 21, so it’s unlikely some unsuspecting but law-abiding person sold the gun to him in good faith.
No, these were likely obtained on the black market or via theft, both of which are already illegal.
