One girl dead, four injured in overnight shooting

COLLEGE PARK - A teenage girl was killed and four others injured when shots were fired into a crowded party early Saturday morning. <br> <br> Sylmari Acosta, 17, was shot and killed. Two teenagers and a 20-year-old man were hit by gunfire, and another teen was struck by a car as he ran into the street. <br> <br> Police said several suspects sped away in a dark-colored car. <br> <br> Nearly 150 people, most of them students at Banneker High School, were celebrating a 14-year-old Derrick Moore&#39;s first year in high school, said his mother, Samantha Lee. There were eight adults present, she said. <br> <br> ``We just wanted to give the kids something nice to do, a chance to dance and have fun,&#39;&#39; Lee said. <br> <br> Neither alcohol nor drugs were being used at the party, said Derrick Moore&#39;s stepfather, Reginald Bivins.

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