Two dead including teenager and 12 more wounded in mass shooting in Alabama
One young person was one of two people Killed in a shot inside Montgomery in the city center Saturday night, then rival armed men A crowded nightlife was shot in each other.
Twelve people were injured on chaotic scene. The capital of Alabama He hosted a few weekend festivals, including sports events and the National Festival of the State.
43 -year -old Shalanda Williams and 17 -year -old Jeremiah Morris were described as two people killed by the police, and five of the wounded were taken to hospital with life -threatening injuries, including children.
The officers responded to the reports of a fire at 23:30, and believe that one of the police victims of fire was targeted before other armed people who reacted by pulling their own weapons.
Montgomery Police Chief Jim Graboys, the motive of the shooting is still investigated, he said.
The shooting took place at the weekend Montgomery, Alabama city center (AP)
“As you can imagine, this may be a very chaotic situation, and every weapon needs to be taken into account, and every evidence needs to be processed, Ger Graboys defined it as“ mass attraction ..
He continued: “This was basically two parties that fired each other in the middle of a crowd.”
He said shooters, he said . Associated Press“They didn’t care about the people around them.”
Graboys said that seven of 14 wounded were under 20 years of age and that the youngest was 16. Two of the victims were armed and fire began after the target of one of the 14 victims.
More than one weapon and shell cases were rescued from the scene. The police described them as “high capacity ..
Sunday afternoon, when the city officials spoke at a press conference, no suspect was detained, NBC News notified. The public was asked to offer any video evidence to the police department.
“If you have any information, you have a responsibility for this community, and to help people in this community to give us this information,” he said.
Montgomery, that day at the Hornet Stadium Alabama State University’s return home football match, Garrett Coliseum’da Alabama National Fair and the nearby Cramton Bowl’da newly ended in Tuskegee University-Morehouse College competitive football match was organized.
In the images published on Facebook, a large group of people can be seen when the sounds of gunfire play loudly, showing people around the fair attraction centers in Montgomery city center. NBC.
Steven Reed, the Mayor of the city, told reporters that there were police units in 15 meters (15 meters) when the fire exploded and accused them of “not respecting human life”.
Mayor offered a prize of $ 20,000 for the first $ 10,000 of $ 10,000 in the crime stopper line.
