By South China Morning Post | Created at 2024-09-22 16:49:10 | Updated at 2024-09-30 07:19:52
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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 asked the public for tips as they searched for the shooters.
The shooting happened just after 11 pm local time on Saturday in Five Points South, a district filled with entertainment venues, restaurants and bars that is often crowded at weekends.
Multiple suspects pulled up in a vehicle, got out, fired shots, got back in the vehicle and fled, Police Chief Scott Thurmond said at a news conference on Sunday morning. He described the shooting as possibly “a hit” conducted in exchange for payment.
Officers found two men and a woman on a pavement with gunshot wounds, they were pronounced dead at the scene. An additional male gunshot victim was pronounced dead at a hospital, police said.
