Associated Press
A mass shooting killed four people and wounded 18 others in a popular nightlife area in Birmingham, Alabama, with many of the victims caught in the crossfire, police said early Sunday.
Authorities are asking the public for tips as they search for the shooters.
The shooting happened shortly after 11 p.m. Saturday in Five Points South, a district filled with entertainment venues, restaurants and bars — often crowded on weekend nights.
Multiple suspects pulled up in a vehicle, got out, fired shots, got back in the vehicle and fled, said Police Chief Scott Thurmond at a news conference Sunday morning. He described the shooting as possibly “a hit” conducted in exchange for payment.
Officers found two men and a woman on a sidewalk with gunshot wounds, and they were pronounced dead there. An additional male gunshot victim was pronounced dead at a hospital, police said.
Authorities believe the intended target was among the dead, Thurmond said at the news conference, joined by Mayor Randall Woodfin and officials from the FBI and the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. Investigators believe other victims were caught in the crossfire.
By early Sunday, after victims began showing up at hospitals, police had identified 18 people with injuries, some of them life-threatening, Officer Truman Fitzgerald said in an email.
There were no immediate arrests. Anyone with information was asked to contact authorities.
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Republished with permission of The Associated Press.
2 comments
THE SAGE "E" [FKA ELVIS FKA EARL]
September 22, 2024 at 1:10 pm
America, my heart goes out to the injured, the dead, and their families. I pray that the Dook 4 Brains Leftists behind this attrocity are brought to justice. Statisticly the odds are they are all disgusting Harris voters – as we all already know,
THE SAGE “E” [FKA ELVIS FKA EARL]
rick whitaker
September 22, 2024 at 2:16 pm
EARL, my animosity goes out toward backward thinking legislators and gun lobbyist. you pray to that fake god of yours and see if it does you any good. actions work, prayers to a fake god don’t.