2 killed, 12 injured, as gunfire erupts on the streets of Alabama's state capital
Source: ABC News
At least 14 people were shot, two fatally, including a teenage boy and a woman, at an intersection near downtown Montgomery, Alabama, late Saturday night, according to police.
At least five of the shooting victims were hospitalized with life-threatening injuries, Montgomery Police Chief James Graboys said at a news conference on Sunday.
He said seven of the gunshot victims are under the age of 17, and that the youngest is 16.
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Graboys said that based on the preliminary investigation, the gunfire erupted when an individual targeted in the shooting returned fire. The chief said that once the shooting started, multiple people in the crowd pulled out weapons and opened fire, too.
Read more: https://abcnews.go.com/US/2-killed-12-injured-gunfire-erupts-streets-alabamas/story?id=126227205
Gee, maybe it's not a good thing that gunz are so readily available to everyone in the US.
Irish_Dem
(82,336 posts)Whether they like it or not.
Magoo48
(6,739 posts)Irish_Dem
(82,336 posts)LogDog75
(1,372 posts)groundloop
(13,910 posts)COL Mustard
(8,391 posts)Or maybe the third Tuesday of next week.
Bengus81
(10,368 posts)DBoon
(25,146 posts)markodochartaigh
(5,545 posts)the most polite people you will meet.
PufPuf23
(9,945 posts)Mass shootings are part of the USA culture now.
What else could be expected?
Only a matter of time until the ICE incursions turn into chronic street warfare.
Too many shootings aren't lone whackos and looks to get worse in immediate future.
Liberals get blamed but a majority is from the right.
Ticket to ride for Trump.
TygrBright
(21,390 posts)MrWowWow
(1,461 posts)Die by the gun.
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sinkingfeeling
(58,038 posts)mwb970
(12,162 posts)Blues Heron
(9,029 posts)pfitz59
(12,928 posts)Perhaps Senator Susie Homemaker can offer thoughts and baked goods.
Cha
(320,589 posts)Alabama
riversedge
(81,541 posts)Cha
(320,589 posts)the Wild West that we saw in movies?
The Feds gonna Invade Montgomery, Alabama now?
Old Crank
(7,269 posts)maxsolomon
(39,127 posts)Everyone self-defended after the initial attack.
How'd it work out? "Only" 14 shot and 2 dead?
"It would have been worse, but for all the guns" say the gun apologists.
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