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2 men arrested in Texas shooting that killed 3 and injured 8 at a gathering after a July 4 festival

Authorities say two men have been arrested in a shooting that killed three people and injured eight others as hundreds gathered in a Texas neighborhood on the eve of the Fourth of July DALLAS -- Two men were arrested Friday in a shooting that killed three people and injured eight others as a crowd of hundreds gathered in a Texas neighborhood on the eve of the Fourth of July, police said. Christopher Redic Jr., 20, and Brandon Williams, 19, were both taken into custody on murder charges related to the shooting late July 3 in the Fort Worth neighborhood of Como, Fort Worth police Chief Neil Noakes said. Noakes said investigators believe the shooting was gang-related and followed some kind of altercation. “I don’t know specifically whom they were shooting at," Noakes said. “There’s a potential that altercation is what initiated the violence to occur.” He said there could be additional arrests. Police had previously said several men fired indiscriminately into the crowd. The shootin...