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00:00The 161st mass shooting this year has taken place at a 16th birthday party.

00:05On Saturday night, Alexis, her brother Phil, and some 50 others were out celebrating her birthday.

00:09The scene was an old bank-turned-dance studio in Dadeville, Alabama.

00:13By 10.30 p.m., police were alerted to gunfire.

00:15Four were dead and 28 others injured.

00:17Tragically, we now know that one of the victims is 18-year-old Phil Dowdle.

00:21He is described as the hometown hero just weeks away from graduation

00:24and committed to Jacksonville State for football.

00:27A second victim is 17-year-old Kiki Smith.

00:29She was a volleyball player and team manager for the Dadeville High School track team.

00:33This morning, police also released the third and fourth victims, including 19-year-old Marcia Collins.

00:38He had been accepted into LSU and was pursuing a career in music.

00:42Finally, there is 23-year-old Corbin Holston.

00:44He actually went into the party to check on a family member, but did not make it back out.

00:48As for a motive, a local pastor has said that a man from outside of the community opened fire after an argument.

00:54But the DJ at the party has said that gunfire erupted after those with guns were asked to leave.

00:58The only thing police have said is that there is not an ongoing threat.

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