Intense TikTok Video Shows Horrific Reality of Recent Killeen Shooting (NSFW)
UPDATE: There have been false reports that the shooting occurred at Twice as Funny Comedy Lounge in Killeen. As indicated in the original article, the shooting happened after the show. The clarify, authorities say it took place near the Naked City club on South Fort Hood Street.
It was a crazy violent weekend in Central Texas, and specifically in Killeen. Ultimately, four people were killed and others were injured.I was on TikTok this weekend and saw the video below pop up on my feed. It's footage from the scene of a shooting that occurred after the Stunna 4 Vegas concert in Killeen. A lot of questions popped in my head as I watched the video, including:
Number one, why are you recording the shooting and not running for cover?
Secondly, and most importantly, why are people shooting?
A lot of questions have gone unanswered after this past weekend in Killeen, Harker Heights, and Belton, which, sadly, was a violent one.
WARNING: THE FOLLOWING VIDEO INCLUDES SOUNDS OF GUNFIRE AND STRONG LANGUAGE. VIEWER DISCRETION IS ADVISED.
@mgng.dreshootout at stunna 4 vegas concert. 😱Killeen, Texas ##fyp ##stunna4vegas ##shootout ##viral ##foryoupage♬ original sound - mgng.dre
As we reported Sunday morning, a clerk at the Valero on Fort Hood and Elms was shot and killed. Before that, 3 others were killed and others were injured in shootings that happened in Belton, Harker Heights, and Killeen starting Friday and going into Sunday.
Sunday morning's shooting of the Valero employee was the ninth homicide in Killeen this year.
Central Texas is, for the most part, a great place to live, but these outbreaks of violence have given the area, Killeen in particular, a bad reputation and even spilled into places like Austin (which, to be fair, has issues of its own).
We as a community can and should do better than this.