It started as a party, and then things got out of hand…

LIBERY COUNTY — A party being held at 207 Tebo St. in Ames, in South Liberty County, ended in a shooting after an argument between several Cleveland who became upset over losing a game of “beer pong”. It appears that at least two people were shot and taken to area hospitals with gun shot wounds to their legs.

Liberty County Sheriff Deputy Stephanie Walden responded to the call at approximately 1:20 a.m. Sunday morning where several witnesses told Dep. Walden that five men from the Cleveland area who had been attending this rather large party became upset about losing at a game being played in the back yard of the residence and began running from the home and firing wildly back at the crown of party goers.

Witnesses further gave written statements to Dep. Walden and identified 25-year-old Decoris Lamont Rucker Jr. AKA “Red”, and Chris Hackett, AKA “Crazy Chris”, (age unknown) as the shooters. Both men, along with three other unknown males with them are reported to be from the Cleveland area. They fled the scene of the shooting in a 2006 four door Buick, Silver in color with temporary license tag number of 34P6604.

Daihza Jarde Jackson, 26, of Dayton was transported to St. Elizabeth hospital in Beaumont by ground ambulance with a gun shot wound to her left thigh and is reported to be in “stable” condition.

Within an hour-and-a-half after the shooting, a second person who witnesses reported to be one of the shooters, Decoris Rucker, arrived at the emergency room at a Kingwood Hospital with a gun shot wound to his leg. He reported to authorities there that he had been shot at some unknown location in the Cleveland area.

LCSO Dep. Walden, along with Sgt. Billy Knox, recovered several spent hulls from the scene, with the caliber to be determined after examination. Sgt. Knox is conducting the follow-up investigation and charges of Aggravated Assault with a Deadly Weapon is expected to be filed at a later date as well as possible other charges. The identity of the other three males who fled the scene with the two shooters are being sought which might also result in additional charges against those individuals. As of this early stage of the investigation, no arrest have been made and more statements are being taken from the large number of witnesses attending the party.

Anyone having additional information on this shooting is ask to call the Liberty County Sheriff’s Department at (936) 336-4500.