At least four people have died and another 18 were injured after a shooting on the night of Saturday to Sunday in the town of Birmingham (Alabama, USA), whose authorities are trying to locate the perpetrators and find the motive for the crime.
“No one has been arrested. We believe that different 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 is why we need the public’s help.“, said Truman Fitzgeraldmember of the Birmingham Police Departmentat a subsequent press conference.
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 of the incident in the area of Five Points Southknown in the city for its busy 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 that the shooting “It 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 objectives 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 cries of some people as they waited for medics.
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“Rest assured that we will do everything we can to ensure that we uncover, identify and hunt down whoever was responsible for taking advantage of our people.“Fitzgerald said in an attempt to reassure the population after this shooting, the second in this city of 250,000 inhabitants so far 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 so far this year. USAaccording to the Gun Violence Archive, which defines a mass shooting as an incident in which four or more people are injured or killed.
