SURFSIDE BEACH, Texas (AP) ? A drive-by shooting led to the death of a 26-year-old Houston man at a packed Texas Gulf Coast beach party and to the wounding of two others, authorities said Monday.
No arrests have been made in the weekend shooting, which took place at a party where up to 20,000 people had gathered at Surfside Beach, about 65 miles south of Houston, said Brazoria County Sheriff Charles Wagner.
Word of the unauthorized party had apparently spread on social media.
The shooting around 8:30 p.m. Saturday killed Derrick Milam, who was hit in the neck by a bullet. An unidentified 16-year-old male was shot in the buttocks and 19-year-old London Kirby, from Houston, was shot in the leg.
"We think it was all ... one continuous incident," Wagner said. "They drove by and started shooting. (Milam) was found in one spot and the two others were found not far down on the beach."
Wagner said authorities learned Thursday that the party would be happening.
"This was a first as far as advertising (a beach party at Surfside) on the Internet," he said. "When I found out about it, I had Surfside (police) notified so they would know about it."
Surfside Police Chief Gary Phillips did not immediately return several telephone calls seeking comment.
Wagner said authorities have previously dealt with large beach crowds but this was the first time violence had occurred.
The sheriff's department had assigned extra officers to patrol the county's portion of the beach, he said. The shootings happened on Surfside city beach property.
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