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Lacie LaRose, 19, was shot, along with two others who received minor injuries. LaRose died at the hospital.

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The death of 19-year-old college student at a graduation party last month was the result of an argument that began over a game of beer pong, a witness says.

Ronald McNeil

The Eagle reports Lacie LaRose, 19, was shot on May 3, along with two others who received minor injuries.

The group was gathered to watch Floyd Mayweather fight Manny Pacquiao on TV when 39-year-old Ronald McNeil, a neighbor, shot and killed LaRose, The Houston Chronicle says.

Landon Duke, 23, tells The Eagle that McNeil lived across the street and came to the party with two friends. Duke was celebrating his upcoming graduation from Texas A&M and had never met McNeil.

"It was a little strange that they were at the party but they were really nice, at first, congratulating me on graduating," Duke says.

While watching the boxing match, Duke says McNeil began to get verbally upset about the others not cheering on Mayweather. Duke shook it off as a "small disturbance," The Eagle says. But by 1 a.m. Sunday, McNeil and his friends continued to hang around. They played games of beer pong in the garage with some of the college-aged guests.

Soon, an argument erupted between McNeil and other partygoers about the rules of a beer pong game, the Chronicle says. It soon escalated to a fight, where Duke threw a punch that knocked out one of McNeil's friends. McNeil and his friends were then asked to leave, but shortly return armed.

McNeil went to the house's backyard and fired 14 times from a handgun. He told authorities he did this to scare the party guests. One man was hit in the leg, one took shrapnel and LaRose received a fatal bullet to the neck.

Currently held in the Brazos County Jail, McNeil was charged with murder, aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and deadly conduct for discharge of a firearm. Bail is set at $300,000, The Eagle adds.