2 dead in shooting at nightclub’s ‘teen’ party

FORT MYERS, FLA. » Gunfire erupted at a nightclub hosting a swimsuit-themed party for teens in Florida, leaving two teens dead and at least 17 other people wounded, officials said Monday.

It was not immediately clear what triggered the violence, but authorities said the shooting was not an act of terror. Police detained three people and were searching for others, interim Police Chief Dennis Eads said.

The slain teens were 14-year-old Sean Archilles and 18-year-old Stef’an Strawder, police said. Archilles lived about a mile from the nightclub, and loved to play football and basketball, said his father, Jean Archilles.

“He liked to make people laugh. He’s a funny kid,” Jean Archilles said.

Strawder starred on the basketball team for Lehigh High School, averaging more than 15 points a game as a junior, according to The News-Press.

“Everyone was afraid to play against him because he was so good,” said 16-year-old Peyton Hebon, who started playing against Strawder in travel basketball leagues in sixth grade.