Youth Shootings and Gun Cases Span Multiple Cities

After a shooting outside an Eden Prairie, Minnesota, homecoming game injured two people, Somali community leaders said they were preparing a youth-safety plan, while outreach workers called for stronger prevention and more resources. In Baltimore, a 12-year-old girl was killed and four others wounded; police had not announced a suspect. In Omaha, a 17-year-old was accused of shooting a fellow student after a planned fight, and in South Carolina, three students were arrested after a gun was found in a vehicle outside a high school; officials said it never entered the building and no threats were made. In Atlanta, a 24-year-old was charged in a fatal double shooting, while two teenagers—a 16-year-old girl and a 15-year-old boy—were wounded in a separate southwest Atlanta shooting as police searched for the shooter and had not determined whether they were targeted. In Champaign, a 16-year-old was shot in the leg and remained hospitalized in stable condition; police arrested a 14-year-old and a 17-year-old on initial charges including aggravated battery with a firearm, and investigators found three unlawfully possessed firearms using surveillance footage, license plate reader data and scene evidence. In Huron, California, authorities identified Joan Pacheco, 18, and Giovanni Cruz Hernandez, 19, as wanted suspects in the fatal March shooting of 19-year-old Luis Leyva.