A shooting at a popular nightlife spot in Birmingham, Alabama left three people dead and seventeen others injured. Police believe the attack was targeted.
By early Sunday, after victims began showing up at hospitals, police had identified 17 people with injuries, some of them life-threatening.when multiple shooters opened fire Saturday in what police described as a targeted “hit” on one of the people killed at a popular nightlife spot in Birmingham , Alabama .
‘Vast majority' of bomb threats targeting Springfield, Ohio are of international origin, officials say 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.
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. Three of the nation’s 23 mass shootings this year were in Birmingham, including two earlier quadruple homicides.
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