At least 4 dead and ‘dozens’ injured in shooting in Birmingham, Alabama, police say

At least four people were killed and "dozens" more were injured in a mass shooting in Birmingham, Alabama, Saturday evening, the Birmingham Police Department said .

The shooting happened just after 11 p.m. in the Five Points South area, police said.

When officers arrived at the scene, they saw two men and a woman unresponsive with gunshot wounds, and all three were later pronounced dead on the scene, Birmingham Officer Truman Fitzgerald said. A fourth victim died at an area hospital, he added.

The victims were all out in the open on the sidewalk or on the streets in one of the most popular entertainment areas in Birmingham, Fitzgerald said.

"We believe that multiple shooters fired multiple shots on a group of people," Fitzgerald said. No suspects were in custody as of early Sunday, he said.

Additional gunshot victims were identified in the area, and other victims arrived at local hospitals, Fitzgerald said.

"We have dozens of gunshot victims from this area," Fitzgerald said. "I'm told at least four of those gunshot victims are life-threatening, the others have various injuries."

Several enforcement agencies are assisting in the investigation, according to Fitzgerald.