A bunch of republican gun owners shoot up a bar in red state shithole
pro-Trump alabama. Always good to see Trumpers murdering each other in
high numbers.

It's perfectly understandable why 2 (Two!) Republicans have tried to
shoot fat old feeble Trump in less than 2 months.

Manhunt under way after four killed and 17 injured in Alabama shooting

Police say multiple victims were caught in crossfire in nightlife area of
Five Points South in Birmingham
Lauren Aratani and agencies
Sun 22 Sep 2024 17.17 BST

A major manhunt is under way in Birmingham, Alabama, for those
responsible for a shooting at a nightclub late on Saturday night in which
four people have died and 17 were wounded.

The violence is just the latest shocking incident that highlights the
epidemic of gun violence and killings that continues to plague the US and
yet prompts little to no political action.

The incident happened in a nightlife area in Birmingham, according to
police and news reports. At least four of the wounded victims are
suffering life-threatening injuries, according to police.

Police said multiple victims in the mass killing were caught in crossfire
and offered a reward for information leading to the arrest of those
involved.

The shooting happened shortly after 11pm on Saturday in the city�s Five
Points South entertainment district.

Officers arriving at the scene 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. A total of 21
people were shot, including these who were killed. More than 100 shell
casings were found in the area, according to police.

Police said the shooting was not random and is believed to be an isolated
incident.

The Birmingham police chief, Scott Thurmond, said at a news conference
early on Sunday that multiple people pulled up to the nightclub in a
vehicle, opened fire and then fled the scene. A preliminary investigation
has led police to believe that the shooters were targeting one of the
deceased victims, with the other victims caught in the crossfire.

�We believe there was a hit, if you will, on that particular person as
far as someone willing to pay money to have that person killed,� Thurmond
said.

Thurmond offers the victims and the families of victims his condolences.
�That�s 21 people whose lives were forever changed, that�s 21 families,
some were destroyed and some were just altered. Our hearts go out to them
as we go through this.�

The Five Points South area of Birmingham has numerous entertainment
venues, restaurants and bars and often is crowded on Saturday nights.

Police said there were no immediate arrests.

�We will do everything we possibly can to make sure we uncover, identify
and hunt down whoever is responsible for preying on our people this
morning,� Fitzgerald told WBMA.

This is the second mass shooting Birmingham has seen at local nightclubs
since the start of the summer. In July, a shooting at a nightclub and
outside a home killed nine people, including a child, and injured nine.

On Sunday, Randall Woodfin called on elected officials to pass gun safety
regulation amid a violent summer in the city. Woodfin noted that the city
once had a ban on assault weapons that expired in 2004. During the ban,
Birmingham saw a decline in gun violence. But since its expiration, the
use of assault weapons has made shootings in the city deadlier.

�Do not tell me this is not solvable. At the same time, do not tell me
this is only on the police to solve,� Woodfin said at the press
conference. �Elected officials � locally, statewide and nationally � have
a duty to solve this American crisis, this American epidemic of gun
violence.�

�You�ve got to give us the tools to solve these issues.�

The US has a high rate of mass shootings, which frequently prompts public
calls for more substantial gun control. But the US federal government has
generally been unwilling or unable to heed those calls.

The gun rights lobby remains strong in the US and its power over
politicians who try to enforce tighter gun laws is formidable.

In June the conservative-dominated supreme court struck down a federal
ban on �bump stocks�, accessories which can allow a semiautomatic gun to
fire as fast as a machine gun. Following the 6-3 decision Joe Biden
condemned the ruling, saying it �strikes down an important gun safety
regulation�.