Four people were shot dead and dozens left injured after ‘multiple gunmen’ opened fire on a crowd in the streets of Birmingham, Alabama, near the city’s university.
“We believe that multiple shooters fired multiple shots on a group of people” in the Five Points South district of Birmingham just after 11pm local time, police officer Truman Fitzgerald told local media.
The Five Points South area of Birmingham has numerous entertainment venues, restaurants and bars and often is crowded on Saturday nights.
Detectives are investigating whether the gunmen walked up to the victims or shot from a vehicle in a drive-by type attack.
Officers found two men and one woman unresponsive on the sidewalk suffering from gunshot wounds, Mr Fitzgerald said. All three were pronounced dead at the scene. A fourth victim died at a local hospital and dozens of people were wounded with at least four sustaining life-threatening injuries, he added.