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    • Mass shooting kills 4 and wounds 17 in nightlife district in Birmingham, Alabama

    This image provided by WBMA shows police working on the scene of a shooting in Birmingham, Ala., Sunday, Sept. 22, 2024. (Bill Castle/WBMA via AP) This image provided by WBMA shows police working on the scene of a shooting in Birmingham, Ala., Sunday, Sept. 22, 2024. (Bill Castle/WBMA via AP)
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    BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -

    Four people were killed and 17 others injured when multiple shooters opened fire Saturday in what police described as a targeted 鈥渉it鈥 on one of the people killed at a popular nightlife spot in Birmingham, Alabama.

    The shooting happened shortly after 11 p.m. Saturday in Five Points South, a district filled with entertainment venues, restaurants and bars that is often crowded on weekend nights. The mass shooting, one of several this year in the city, unnerved residents in the area and left city officials pleading for help to both solve the crime and address the broader problem of gun violence.

    鈥淭he priority is to find these shooters and get them off our streets,鈥 Birmingham Mayor Randall Woodfin said at a Sunday press conference.

    The shooting occurred on the sidewalk and street outside Hush, a hookah and cigar lounge, in the entertainment district. Blood stains were visible on the sidewalk outside the venue on Sunday morning.

    Birmingham Police Chief Scott Thurmond said authorities believe the shooting targeted one of the people who was killed, possibly in a murder-for-hire. He said a vehicle pulled up and "multiple shooters" got out and began firing, then fled the scene.

    鈥淲e believe that there was a 鈥榟it,鈥 if you will, on that particular person,鈥 Thurmond said.

    Police said approximately 100 shell casings were recovered at the scene. Thurmond said law enforcement was working to determine what weapons were used, but they believe some of the gunfire was 鈥渇ully automatic.鈥 Investigators were also trying to determine whether anyone fired back, creating crossfire.

    Police said officers found two men and a woman on a sidewalk with gunshot wounds and they were pronounced dead there. An additional male gunshot victim was pronounced dead at a hospital, according to police.

    By early Sunday, after victims began showing up at hospitals, police had identified 17 people with injuries, some of them life-threatening. Four of the surviving victims, in conditions ranging from good to critical, were being treated at the University of Alabama at Birmingham Hospital on Sunday afternoon, according to Alicia Rohan, a UAB spokeswoman.

    This image provided by WBMA shows police and emergency vehicles in the entertainment district after a shooting in Birmingham, Ala., Sunday, Sept. 22, 2024. (Bill Castle/WBMA via AP)

    The area of Birmingham is popular with young adults because of its proximity to the University of Alabama at Birmingham and the plethora of nearby restaurants and bars.

    Geoffrey Boshell, a 22-year-old biomedical engineering student who lives nearby, said he was working on a school project when he heard a burst of rapid pops that he said sounded like automatic gunfire.

    鈥淚 heard it, looked out my window and immediately see people screaming, fleeing the scene,鈥 Boshell said.

    The shooting in the bustling and popular area was unnerving, he said. 鈥淚鈥檓 not sure scared is the right word. Just very disturbed that it was happening right outside where you are living.鈥

    Ashton Mills, 24, who lives in a nearby apartment complex, was headed to work Saturday night when she heard a 鈥渂unch of popping sounds.鈥

    鈥淚t鈥檚 scary, especially as a single woman walking around the city,鈥 she said. 鈥淚鈥檓 definitely a lot more on guard.鈥

    Woodfin expressed frustration at what he described as an epidemic of gun violence in America.

    鈥淲e find ourselves in 2024, where gun violence is at an epidemic level, an epidemic crisis in our country. And the city of Birmingham, unfortunately finds itself at the tip of that spear,鈥 he said.

    The Birmingham mayor also urged state and federal officials to give cities more tools to address gun violence. He put both hands behind his back to illustrate what it is like for cities to combat crime. Alabama last year abolished the requirement to get a permit to carry a concealed handgun in public.

    Woodfun said there is an 鈥渆lement鈥 in the city that is too comfortable carrying Glock switches 鈥 which convert semi-automatic handguns to deliver more rapid fire 鈥 and assault-style rifles with the intent of doing harm.

    鈥淓lected officials locally, statewide and nationally have a duty to solve this American crisis, this American epidemic of gun violence,鈥 the mayor said.

    Associated Press writer Jonathan Mattise in Nashville, Tennessee, contributed to this report 

    Correction

    This story has been corrected to lower the number of injured to 17 from 18, based on amended information from the police.

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