Argument over beer pong game leads to shooting

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A party at 207 Tebo St. in Ames around 1 a.m. Sunday resulted in a shooting after an argument erupted between several men over losing a game of “beer pong.” Two people were shot and taken to area hospitals with gunshot wounds to their legs.

Liberty County Sheriff’s Deputy Stephanie Walden responded to the call at approximately 1:20 a.m. and was told by several witnesses that five men from the Cleveland area had been attending the rather large party in the backyard of the residence.

According to the statement from the sheriff’s office, the men became upset about losing the beer pong game and began running from the home while firing weapons wildly at the crowd of party-goers.

Two of the five suspects have been identified as Decoris Lamont “Red” Rucker Jr., 24, and Chris “Crazy Chris” Hackett, age unknown.

“Both men, along with three other unknown males with them are reported to be from the Cleveland area,” the LCSO statement reads. “They fled the scene of the shooting in a 2006 four-door, silver Buick bearing the temporary license tag number of 34P6604.

After the shooting, one of the party-goers, Daihza Jarde Jackson, 19, of Dayton, was transported by ground ambulance to St. Elizabeth Hospital in Beaumont. She suffered a gunshot wound to her left thigh and is reported to be in stable condition.

“Within an hour and a half after the shooting incident, 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 gunshot wound to his leg. He reported to authorities there that he had been shot at some unknown location in the Cleveland area,” the LCSO statement reads.

Several spent hulls were recovered at the Ames home by Walden and Sgt. Billy Knox. Knox is conducting the follow-up investigation.

Charges of Assault With a Deadly Weapon are expected to be filed at a later date. Other charges could be filed pending the outcome of the investigation.

“As of this early stage of the investigation, no arrests have been made and more statements are being taken from the large number of witnesses attending the party,” the statement goes on to read.

Anyone with information about this case is asked to call the Liberty County Sheriff’s Office at 936-336-4500.