Drive-By Shootings Mar Rapper Celebration At Texas Southern University

Three separate drive-by shootings took place on or near the campus of Texas Southern University in Houston on Wednesday night, injuring six people.

The school was hosting the one-year anniversary of "Trae Day," a celebration honoring local rapper Frazier "Trae" Thompson III and meant to promote community service and voter registration, when gunfire erupted from the parking lot near the TSU stadium. Subsequent incidents took place off campus at a nearby intersection.

The victims, aged 14 to 21-years-old, were treated at area hospitals for serious but non-life threatening injuries. Officials believe that the incidents were the result of a rivalry between gangs from Missouri City and Fresno, both outside of Houston.

Campus police believe the incident resulted from a rivalry between two gangs, one from Missouri City, a suburb southwest of Houston, and the other from Fresno, a small town outside Missouri City, she said.

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I am shocked, shocked! I say to see that there is violence at a rapper celebration! Surely you jest.

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Officials believe that the incidents were the result of a rivalry between gangs from Missouri City and Fresno, both outside of Houston.

Campus police believe the incident resulted from a rivalry between two gangs, one from Missouri City, a suburb southwest of Houston, and the other from Fresno, a small town outside Missouri City, she said.

Still feel like I am reading the Statesman

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