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.

"These mass shootings have more to do with culture than they do criminality. Mayor Randall Woodfin said it best this week.. we're seeing far too many arguments being settled by bullets, and I think this speaks exactly to what our mayor just said," Fitzgerald said.

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.