Four killed, dozens wounded in Alabama mass shooting, hunt on for ‘multiple shooters’
Representative image of a crime scene.
At least four people were killed and dozens of others were injured on Saturday (Sep21) in a mass shooting involving several assailants in the US state of Alabama. Speaking to local media, the police said that the shooting occurred in the Five Points South district of Birmingham.
"We believe that multiple shooters fired multiple shots on a group of people," police officer Truman Fitzgerald said.Officers found two adult males and one adult female who was unresponsive on the sidewalk suffering from a gunshot wound, Fitzgerald said.
The victims and the injured
Fitzgerald told local media that the two adult males and one female were pronounced dead at the scene.A fourth victim died at a local hospital, he added. The police officer further said thatDozens of people were wounded in the shooting with at least four sustaining life-threatening injuries.
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The police have not got anyone in custody so far. The cops urgedthe public to provide any information that could help the investigation.
Several agencies involved in probe
A report by the news agency AFP on Sunday said thatfire rescue services were on the scene Saturday night and had cordoned off the area.
Several agencies are involved in the investigation, including the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
Saturday's shooting comes after four people were killed and nine others were injured in another shooting at a nightclub in Birmingham in July.
This year, there have been at least 403 mass shootings -- defined as a shooting involving at least four victims, dead or wounded across the US, AFP reported on Sunday citing theGun Violence Archive.
(With inputs from agencies)