At least four people have died and several dozen have been injured in a shooting that occurred late Saturday in the US city of Birminghamin the state of Alabama (southeast), without the causes of the event being clear for now.
The Birmingham Police have confirmed on their account on the social network “multiple people have been shot” and has advanced that “it is possible that there are multiple deaths”, without further details on the matter.
Subsequently, Truman Fitzgerald, from the local police, indicated that “multiple shooters” opened fire on a group of people around 11:00 p.m. (local time) and confirmed that there were at least four dead.
“There are dozens of gunshot wounds in the area,” he said, as reported by the American television network. cnn. «They tell me that at least four of them have injuries that they put their lives at risk», he added.
Likewise, he highlighted that the authorities have opened an investigationwithout there being any arrests for now. “We will do everything possible to clarify, identify and arrest those responsible for attacking our people,” she concluded.
The event raises 403 the number of mass shootings recorded so far this year in the United States, according to the Gun Violence Archive count, which defines one of these events as one in which there are at least four victims in a shooting, without including the person responsible for the attack.
