Texas after-prom shooting: Police identify four people of interest | USA TODAY

The sheriff in Jasper County, Texas, says there are four people of interest in an after-prom shooting that left at least 11 teens injured.

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An investigation launched by Texas law enforcement has identified four people of interest in a weekend after after-prom party shooting that left 11 teenagers wounded.

Officials said the victims, aged 15 to 19, were hit by gunfire in the Sunday shooting at a home just north of Jasper, about 130 miles northeast of Houston.

Initially, the sheriff's office reported nine people were injured, but two additional victims in the shooting went to the hospital the following day Jasper County Sheriff Mitchel Newman said in a Tuesday press conference.

Three of the victims remained hospitalized, while eight were recovering at home, the Jasper County District Attorney's Office said.

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