Summary: A beach-themed party for teenagers at a Florida nightclub ended in a deadly shooting in the parking lot with two confirmed deaths.
A Florida nightclub was holding a beach-themed party for teens. As parents were arriving to pick up their children, gunfire erupted outside killing two teens and injuring others. A 14-year-old and 18-year-old were killed outside Club Blu Bar and Grill in Fort Myers.
The shooting is not believed to have any ties to terrorism. They have taken three people into custody as “persons of interest” but there may be more involved.
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Sean Archilles, 14, and Stef’An Strawder, 18, were shot to death in the parking lot of the club. Over a dozen other between the ages of 12 and 27 were wounded during the shooting. Two of those injured still remain in critical condition at Lee Memorial Hospital.
The party was advertised on Facebook for people of all ages with the intention of providing a safe environment for teens to go Sunday night. The Club stated, “We tried to give the teens WHAT WE THOUGHT WAS A SAFE PLACE TO HAVE A GOOD TIME. Ages 12-17. There was armed security as well as full security, inside and out. As the club was closing and parents were picking their children up…that’s when all this took place. There was nothing more we could of done az you see it was not kids at the party that did this despicable act.”
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Strawder was hailed as a basketball star about to begin his senior year in high school. Archilles was going to be in eighth grade at Royal Palm Exceptional School.
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To learn more about recent shootings in Florida, read Orlando Shooter Responsible for Biggest Mass Shooting in U.S. History.
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