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At least four people have been killed and 18 injured in a mass shooting in Birmingham, Alabama, police say.<\/p>\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.<\/p>\n
Officers 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.<\/p>\n
Detectives are investigating whether the gunmen walked up to the victims or drove by, Mr Fitzgerald said. No suspects have been arrested.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
He added that they believed the shooting was “not random and stemmed from an isolated incident where multiple victims were caught in the crossfire”.<\/p>\n
Detectives are working to identify who was the intended target or targets of the attack, Mr Fitzgerald also said.<\/p>\n
The Five Points South district is known for its nightlife. The shooting occurred on Magnolia Avenue, Mr Fitzgerald said.<\/p>\n
Witnesses who were queuing outside a hookah and cigar lounge on Magnolia Avenue at the time told local news site Al.com<\/a> that some of the gunfire sounded as though it came from a gun converted to be fully automatic.<\/p>\n Earlier on Sunday, Mr Fitzgerald had told reporters there were “dozens of gunshot victims” after the incident. <\/p>\n There have been more than 400 mass shootings across the US so far this year, according to the Gun Violence Archive,<\/a> which defines a mass shooting as an incident in which four or more people are injured or killed.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n