Birmingham Police are investigating a mass shooting that occurred late Saturday in the city's Five Points South entertainment district, resulting in 4 deaths and 17 injuries
Birmingham Police in Alabama are investigating a mass shooting that left many people caught in crossfire, ultimately killing 4 people and injuring 17 others. The shooting took place late Saturday night in the city's popular entertainment district in the 2000 block of Magnolia Avenue South, Birmingham Police Department Officer Truman Fitzgerald said in an email early Sunday.
More than 100 shell casings were found at the scene.RELATED: Flying wrench kills Alabama woman driving to work with son: 'She was the backbone'Thurmond said multiple suspects pulled up in a vehicle, got out, fired shots, got back in the vehicle and fled.Police said 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, according to police.
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