Police: 4 dead, dozens injured in mass shooting in Birmingham, Alabama

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBRC/Gray News) - Police say four people are dead and dozens are injured after a mass shooting in Birmingham, Alabama.

Birmingham Police say four people died after a mass shooting Saturday night in Five Points South. Just after 11 p.m. police received a call of a shooting in the 2000 block of Magnolia Avenue, WBRC reports .

Officials arrived on scene to find two men and one woman lying unresponsive on the sidewalk. Police say the victims died at the scene.

Officer Truman Fitzgerald says a fourth victim was pronounced dead at UAB Hospital.

Birmingham Fire and Rescue reports taking eight victims to the hospital. Police say four of them have life-threatening injuries.

Officers say dozens of victims arrived at various hospitals across the city.

Police believe multiple shooters fired multiple shots on a group of people either on the sidewalk or on the road of Magnolia Ave. Detectives are still working to confirm whether the shooters fired their guns on foot or from a car.

At this time, authorities say nobody is in custody.

If you have any information at all pertaining to the case, you are asked to call 911 or BPD at 205-254-1764. If you wish to remain anonymous, you are asked to call Crime Stoppers at 205-254-7777.