The Birmingham police department is holding a press conference Sunday morning to provide an update into the investigation of a Five Points South mass shooting that left four people dead and 18 others injured.
You can watch the press conference live here.
Police have said no suspects are yet in custody and the ATF and FBI have been tapped to help in the investigation.
Officer Truman Fitzgerald has said the shooting happened just after 11 p.m. in the 2000 block of Magnolia Avenue South. More than 100 shell casings were recovered at the scene.
Two men and a woman were pronounced dead on the scene. A fourth victim died at UAB Hospital.
Police Chief Scott Thurmond said their hearts go out to the families of the dead and the many injured.
“That’s 21 people whose lives were forever changed,” Thurmond said.
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Initial reports indicate club patrons were waiting in line outside Hush, a hookah and cigar lounge on Magnolia Avenue, when the shooting took place. Witnesses said at least some of the gunfire sounded like it came from a weapon outfitted with a “switch” that converts a gun to full automatic.
Firefighters took eight of the wounded from the scene. The other victims began showing up at hospitals through Birmingham.
“We have dozens of gunshot victims from this area,’’ Fitzgerald said. “I’m told at least four of those gunshot victims are life-threatening.”
Investigators believe multiple shooters fired numerous shots into the group of people on Magnolia Avenue.
You can submit information to police here. You can also call investigators at 205-254-1764 or Crime Stoppers at 205-254-7777.
This is a developing story and will be updated.
