mass shootings

One person is under arrested following a shooting during the Homecoming celebration at Tuskegee that killed one and injured sixteen others. Investigators say not all of the victims were hurt by gunfire.

An Alabama police chief announced plans to retire, just over a month after a mass shooting renewed scrutiny of the department's efforts to quell surging gun violence and homicides.

A federal program that provides aid and promotes justice for crime victims is extending support to the Birmingham community in the wake of a mass shooting outside Hush, a lounge in the Five Points South district.

The search continues for the gunmen involved in a weekend mass shooting at Hush Lounge in Five Points South. Police say they believe the shooters targeted at least one of the victims when they opened fire. Carlos De’Juan McCain and Roderick Lynn Patterson Jr., who both were killed in the shooting, were separately charged in past Birmingham homicides.

Officials in Birmingham pleaded Monday with members of the public for information leading to arrests in a weekend mass shooting that killed four people, announcing rewards of up to $100,000. Authorities have still made no arrests after Saturday’s shooting at Hush Lounge.

A search is underway for the shooters who killed four people and injured 17 others in a popular nightlife area in Birmingham, Alabama. Police say victims were caught in the crossfire during the shooting shortly after 11 p.m. Saturday. Authorities say they believe the shooting was a paid hit on one of the victims.

A mass shooting killed four people and wounded seventeen others in a popular nightlife area in Birmingham, Alabama, with many of the victims caught in the crossfire, police said Sunday

Four people were fatally shot, and at least nine others were wounded in the latest mass killing in the U.S. That happened Wednesday at Apalachee High School, near Atlanta. Police say a teenager has been arrested and will be charged with murder. It was the country's 30th mass killing this year, including three in Alabama, according to a database maintained by The Associated Press and USA Today in partnership with Northeastern University

The first weekend of summer brought a tragic yet familiar pattern for American cities wracked by gun violence as mass shootings left dozens dead or wounded at a party in Alabama, an entertainment district in Ohio, and a grocery in Arkansas

Recent high-profile mass shootings by young people underscore the deadly mix of teenage bravado, immaturity and growing access to high-powered guns that can kill faster and more efficiently than ever. Teens are among the suspects in a recent shooting at a Sweet 16 party in Alabama that killed four.