“No one has been arrested. We believe that different shooters shot at a group of people,” said Truman Fitzgerald, a member of the Birmingham Police Department, at a press conference afterwards / Photo: Última Hora
At least four people have died and 18 others have been injured in a shooting on Saturday night in Birmingham, Alabama, USA. Authorities are trying to find the perpetrators and the motive for the crime.
“No one is in custody. We believe that multiple shooters fired at a group of people. Our officers are working to confirm whether they approached the victims on foot or in a vehicle, and that’s why we need the public’s help,” Truman Fitzgerald, a member of the Birmingham Police Department, said at a press conference afterwards.
Officers found the bodies of two men and a woman at the scene and a third man later died in hospital from gunshot wounds, police said in the shooting in the Five Points South area, known in the city for its nightlife.
In addition, there are at least four people seriously injured and whose lives are in danger at this time, according to the authorities.
The local police department believes the shooting “was not random and stemmed from an isolated incident in which several victims were caught in the crossfire,” but they are still trying to determine the motive and specific targets of the criminals, who acted in the open.
Photos and videos posted on social media after the shooting showed at least two apparently wounded individuals lying on the ground outside, as well as the desperate screams of some people as they waited for medics.
“Rest assured, we are going to do everything we can to make sure that we uncover, identify and hunt down whoever was responsible for taking advantage of our people,” Fitzgerald said in an attempt to reassure the public after the shooting, the second in the city of 250,000 this year.
He also urged businesses with security cameras in the area to check their recordings and provide any relevant content to investigators.
There have been more than 400 mass shootings in the United States so far this year, according to the Gun Violence Archive, which defines a mass shooting as an incident in which four or more people are injured or killed.
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2024-09-25 16:12:06
