Mass shooting kills 4, wounds 17 in nightlife district in Birmingham, Alabama.
Mass shooting kills 4, wounds 17 in nightlife district in Birmingham, Alabama.
Birmingham Police Chief Scott Thurmond said authorities believe the shooting targeted one of the people who was killed, possibly in a murder-for-hire
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Not your typical mass shooting:
"Police believe multiple suspects arrived at the location in a vehicle. The suspects exited the vehicle and fired multiple shots at a group of people who were on the sidewalk of Magnolia Avenue before getting back in their vehicle and fleeing the scene.
Detectives believe the shooting was not random and stemmed from an isolated incident where multiple victims were caught in the crossfire.
In a new conference Sunday morning, Birmingham Police Chief Scott Thurmond says he believes someone was paid to kill the targeted victim, and they believe that victim is among those who died.
Police confirmed the weapons used were fully automatic. More than 100 shell casings were found at the scene, according to Chief Thurmond."
It sounds like a gang thing to me.
Totally a gang shooting.
And yet, the top comments are already reposting the same garbage.
I love how people always make it sound like we're one law away from solving all gun violence. We have 393 million guns in the hands of civilians in the US. That's more guns than people.
Guns make much of our violence worse here, sure, but pandora's box can't be closed. New laws limiting guns are often a very good idea, but distilling our problems with violence down to "guns bad, Americans so stupid" is asinine and endlessly tiresome.
Can't be solved, says only country in the world where it happens regularly.