The shooting happened in the city's Five Points South entertainment
district.

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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Four people were killed and 17 others injured when
multiple shooters opened fire Saturday in what police described as a
targeted “hit” on one of the people killed at a popular nightlife spot
in Birmingham, Alabama.

The shooting happened shortly after 11 p.m. Saturday in Five Points
South, a district filled with entertainment venues, restaurants and bars
that is often crowded on weekend nights. The mass shooting, one of
several this year in the city, unnerved residents and left city
officials pleading for help to both solve the crime and address the
broader problem of gun violence.

“The priority is to find these shooters and get them off our streets,”
Birmingham Mayor Randall Woodfin said at a Sunday press conference.

The shooting occurred on the sidewalk and street outside Hush, a lounge
in the entertainment district. Blood stains were visible on the sidewalk
outside the venue on Sunday morning.

Birmingham Police Chief Scott Thurmond said authorities believe the
shooting targeted one of the people who was killed, possibly in a
murder-for-hire. He said a vehicle pulled up and "multiple shooters" got
out and began firing, then fled the scene.

“We believe that there was a ‘hit,’ if you will, on that particular
person,” Thurmond said.

Police said approximately 100 shell casings were recovered at the scene.
Thurmond said law enforcement was working to determine what weapons were
used, but they believe some of the gunfire was “fully automatic.”
Investigators were also trying to determine whether anyone fired back,
creating crossfire.

Police said officers found two men and a woman on a sidewalk with
gunshot wounds and they were pronounced dead there. An additional male
gunshot victim was pronounced dead at a hospital, according to police.

By early Sunday, after victims began showing up at hospitals, police had
identified 17 people with injuries, some of them life-threatening. Four
of the surviving victims, in conditions ranging from good to critical,
were being treated at the University of Alabama at Birmingham Hospital
on Sunday afternoon, according to Alicia Rohan, a UAB spokeswoman.

Gabriel Eslami, 24, of Trussville, said he was in a long line of people
waiting to get into the club when "all of the sudden, gun shots everywhere.”

He took off running. "I look back and there are bodies laid out on the
sidewalk with gun smoke still in the air. It looked like something from
a horror movie," Eslami said.

He said he didn't realize he was wounded until he suddenly lost feeling
in his leg. A friend took him to the hospital, where he was treated and
released.

The area of Birmingham is popular with young adults because of its
proximity to the University of Alabama at Birmingham and the plethora of
nearby restaurants and bars.

Geoffrey Boshell, a 22-year-old biomedical engineering student who lives
nearby, said he was working on a school project when he heard a burst of
rapid pops that he said sounded like automatic gunfire.

“I heard it, looked out my window and immediately see people screaming,
fleeing the scene,” Boshell said.

The shooting in the bustling and popular area was unnerving, he said.
“I’m not sure scared is the right word. Just very disturbed that it was
happening right outside where you are living.”

The shooting was the 31st mass killing of 2024, of which 23 were
shootings, according to James Alan Fox, a criminologist and professor at
Northeastern University, who oversees a mass killings database
maintained by The Associated Press and USA Today in partnership with the
university.

Three of the nation's 23 mass shootings this year were in Birmingham,
including two quadruple homicides.

Woodfin expressed frustration at what he described as an epidemic of gun
violence in America and the city.

“We find ourselves in 2024, where gun violence is at an epidemic level,
an epidemic crisis in our country. And the city of Birmingham,
unfortunately finds itself at the tip of that spear,” he said.

The Birmingham mayor also urged state and federal officials to give
cities more tools to address gun violence. He put both hands behind his
back to illustrate what it is like for cities to combat crime. Alabama
last year abolished the requirement to get a permit to carry a concealed
handgun in public.

Woodfun said there is an “element” in the city that is too comfortable
carrying Glock switches — which convert semi-automatic handguns to
deliver more rapid fire — and assault-style rifles with the intent of
doing harm.

“Elected officials locally, statewide and nationally have a duty to
solve this American crisis, this American epidemic of gun violence,” the
mayor said.

Deer mayor, it's not "gun" violence, it's black personal irresponsible
behavior violence.

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>The shooting happened in the city's Five Points South entertainment
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These men are God fearing, Trump supporting Republicans just like you!

"The right of the whole people, old and young, men, women and boys, and not
militia only, to keep and bear arms of every description, not such merely
as are used by the militia, shall not be infringed "

You're another gun hater. What have guns ever done to you?

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Ashir Hassan KimbroughCustody photo

WILLMAR — A man accused of sexually assaulting a woman and firing a handgun to frighten her during the assault made his first appearance in District Court in Kandiyohi County on Wednesday.

Ashir Hassan Kimbrough, 31, of Minneapolis, is charged with felony second-degree assault — use of a dangerous weapon, and two felony counts of first-degree criminal sexual conduct. Earlier he was described as being from Champlin, but the court record on Wednesday listed Minneapolis.

As of Wednesday afternoon, he remained in the Kandiyohi County Jail. Bail was set at $750,000 without conditions and $500,000 with conditions during his first appearance in court.

Kimbrough was arrested on Monday evening at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport, according to information from the Kandiyohi County Sheriff’s Office.

According to the criminal complaint, an assault occurred sometime after Kimbrough checked into a hotel in Spicer. Sheriff's officers responded to a report of an assault against an employee at the location at 3:57 a.m. Sunday. The woman told Kandiyohi County Sheriff's officers that the defendant was the last check-in for the night, and that he had made her uncomfortable by comments he made.

He allegedly followed her around for a while and did not proceed to his room as she had requested. She went into a restroom, locked the door, but the defendant was waiting when she opened the door, according to the criminal complaint.

Kimbrough allegedly pushed her to the floor in the bathroom, and sexually assaulted her as well as struck her and fired a handgun to frighten her.

The woman had visible red-purple bruises and a limp following the assault, according to the complaint. She was transported by ambulance for medical care.

Kandiyohi County Sheriff’s deputies executed a search warrant of the defendant’s room in the hotel but he was not present.

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