Birmingham
\nAt least four people have been killed and 18 injured in a mass shooting in Birmingham, Alabama, police say.
\n\u201cMultiple shooters fired multiple shots on a group of people\u201d late on Saturday in the Five Points South area of the city, Birmingham police officer Truman Fitzgerald said.
\nOfficers found the bodies of two men and one woman at the scene, while a third man later died of bullet wounds in hospital, Birmingham Police said.
\nDetectives are investigating whether the gunmen walked up to the victims or drove by, Mr Fitzgerald said. No suspects have been arrested.
\nHe added that they believed the shooting was \u201cnot random and stemmed from an isolated incident where multiple victims were caught in the crossfire\u201d.
\nDetectives are working to identify who was the intended target or targets of the attack, Mr Fitzgerald also said. They are also pressing to find the shooters.
\nThe police said in a statement that they are working with the FBI and other federal agencies, are offering a $5,000 reward for information and have opened a web portal for submitting photos and videos of the incident.
\nThe Five Points South district is known for its nightlife. The shooting occurred on Magnolia Avenue, Mr Fitzgerald said.
\nWitnesses who were queuing outside a hookah and cigar lounge on Magnolia Avenue at the time told local news site Al.com that some of the gunfire sounded as though it came from a gun converted to be fully automatic.
\nEarlier on Sunday, Mr Fitzgerald had told reporters there were \u201cdozens of gunshot victims\u201d after the incident.
\nBirmingham Mayor Randall Woodfin blamed \u201cGlock switches\u201d – devices that can be attached to handguns to make them fire automatically – for the violence, posting on social media on Sunday that they \u201care the number one public safety issue in our city and state\u201d.
\n\u201cConverting a semi-automatic weapon into a fully automatic weapon that discharges all bullets within seconds doesn\u2019t belong on our domestic streets,\u201d he wrote, adding that the city does not have the power to outlaw Glock switches, only the state.
\nThere have been more than 400 mass shootings across the US so far this year, according to the Gun Violence Archive, which defines a mass shooting as an incident in which four or more people are injured or killed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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