Thursday, July 5, 2007

3 shot to death in dispute over fireworks

A neighbor apparently angry about noisy fireworks shot three people to death early Thursday and wounded two others, police said.

Terrance Hough Jr., a 35-year-old off-duty firefighter, was arrested in connection with the shootings near his home shortly after midnight, police spokesman Lt. Thomas Stacho said. No charges had been filed Thursday morning.

The shooter was apparently upset about loud noise from fireworks at a house next door and opened fire, killing two men and a woman, all in their early- to mid-20s, Stacho said. He said another man was shot in the elbow and a woman was wounded in the hand.

Police had received a number of complaints in recent years about loud parties, fireworks and drag racing connected to the house where the victims were shot, Stacho said. Some complaint calls came from Hough's address, but no one called police about the party Thursday night.

Full Story: CNN.com

Alternate Tags: Shooting, fireworks, noise, 4th of July

Video: Watch Friends create a memorial for the shooting victim: http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/07/05/fireworks.ap/index.html#cnnSTCVideo

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