Mass shootings over Halloween weekend leave at least 6 dead and dozens
injured across US
[November 02, 2026]
By JOHN RABY
Mass shootings over the Halloween weekend — largely in nightlife
districts across the U.S. — left at least six people dead and dozens
injured, officials said.
The deadliest violence occurred in Dallas, where a handful of shootings
in the city's Deep Ellum neighborhood, a center of music and
restaurants, killed four people and injured 15 others, police said.
Police in college towns like Fayetteville, Arkansas; Birmingham,
Alabama; Newark, Delaware, and Bloomington, Illinois, also reported
shootings in their nightlife districts.
Dallas Police Chief Daniel Comeaux said investigators were still trying
to determine if three separate shootings Saturday night over the span of
about an hour and 15 minutes were related, and it wasn't immediately
known why they started. Comeaux said some arrests were made but he
didn’t specify how many or what charges were involved.
“This is a really big scene. It's spread out,” Comeaux said.
The department had increased police presence in the district before the
shootings. No police officers were injured.
One shooting happened after a football game in Alabama
In Birmingham, one person was killed and eight others were wounded in
two separate shootings just outside Legion Field after the annual “Magic
City Classic” football game on Saturday night, Mayor Randall Woodfin
said at a news conference Sunday.
Two were listed in critical condition Sunday, fire officials said.
Alabama State and Alabama A&M are archrivals whose annual contest has
been played for more than 100 years. Nearly 70,000 fans attended
Saturday’s game, won by Alabama A&M 31-28. The event draws some of the
largest crowds in the country for games played in their college football
division.
Michael Pickett, chief of the Birmingham Police Department, said most
spectators and families had left the stadium property after the game.
The first shooting happened nearby, where vendors were set up along
Graymont Avenue.
The circumstances of the shootings were unclear, and it was also unclear
where the fatality occurred.
Police spokesperson De'Rell Freeman said one person had been detained
and that “multiple weapons” were found.
Shootings in other nightlife districts
In Newark, Delaware, six people were shot late Saturday near the
University of Delaware campus, Newark police Lt. Greg D’Elia said.
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Multiple police and fire units respond near Legion Field in
Birmingham, Ala., after a shooting following the 85th Magic City
Classic on Saturday, Oct. 31, 2026. (Will McLelland /AL.com via AP)
Video shared on social media showed people running for safety from the
scene. One stretch of the city’s Main Street was closed for several
hours after the shooting, police said.
All six were transported to hospitals for treatment and their conditions
were not available. A university spokesperson said they would provide
updates on the investigation online as they become available.
A shooting early Sunday in Bloomington, Illinois, left a 19-year-old
woman dead and another woman in critical condition. Six others had
injuries of an unknown nature that were not life-threatening. The
shooting happened near the campus of Illinois Wesleyan University.
Bloomington is about 135 miles (217 kilometers) southwest of Chicago.
In Fayetteville, Arkansas, six people were taken to hospitals with
gunshot wounds from a shooting early Sunday near the University of
Arkansas. No arrests have been made, police said in a news release. A
preliminary investigation indicates an altercation preceded the
shooting.
Halloween stores were the scene of two attacks
On Friday, two people were killed in separate shootings at Spirit
Halloween stores in California and Michigan.
Police said a shooting inside a store in Fairfield, California was a
targeted attack. Family members told police that the 31-year-old woman
who died was pregnant. Six other people were wounded, police said. There
were no immediate arrests.
In Madison Heights, Michigan, just north of Detroit, a 21-year-old man
was fatally shot Friday afternoon. A man who was assaulted by bystanders
as officers took him into custody was hospitalized with injuries that
were not life-threatening, police said.
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Raby reported from Charleston, West Virginia. AP reporter Claudia Lauer
in Philadelphia contributed to this report.
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