Birmingham shootings leave 4 dead, 1 injured overnight

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WE HAVE BEEN FOLLOWING ALL MORNING WHILE YOU WERE SLEEPING. BIRMINGHAM POLICE INVESTIGATING FOUR DIFFERENT SHOOTING SCENES. THEY ARE ALL ON YOUR SCREEN RIGHT NOW. HERE’S WHAT WE KNOW. THREE PEOPLE ARE DEAD. TWO PEOPLE ARE HURT. WANT TO GET RIGHT OVER TO SARAH KILLIAN WITH THIS BREAKING NEWS? YES, SCOTT. VERY BUSY MORNING AND NIGHT FOR BIRMINGHAM POLICE WHILE YOU WERE SLEEPING. LET’S GO AHEAD AND TAKE A LOOK THROUGH THESE INVESTIGATIONS. LET’S GO AHEAD AND START AT WOODLAWN HIGH SCHOOL. POLICE TELLING US THAT A TEEN WAS SHOT BEHIND THE SCHOOL FOLLOWING A BASKETBALL GAME THERE LAST NIGHT. WE’RE TOLD THAT HE IS A HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT, BUT HE DOES NOT GO TO WOODLAWN. WE’VE BEEN UPDATED THAT HE IS IN THE HOSPITAL. SO FAR, NO ONE HAS BEEN ARRESTED. AND JUST BEFORE THAT, OVER ON 26TH STREET, NORTH BIRMINGHAM POLICE TELLING US THEY FOUND A MAN SHOT INSIDE OF A CRASHED VEHICLE. YOU CAN SEE THAT TRUCK THERE WHERE HE CRASHED INTO A POLE RIGHT OUTSIDE OF A FAMILY DOLLAR STORE. THE MAN WAS THEN RUSHED TO UAB. RIGHT NOW WE DON’T KNOW HIS CONDITION SO FAR. NO ONE IS IN CUSTODY IN THAT SHOOTING. THEN AROUND 930 LAST NIGHT, A WITNESS CALLED POLICE AFTER SEEING A CAR GOING BACKWARDS. THEN PARK ON THE SIDEWALK OUTSIDE OF AN ABANDONED HOUSE. THIS WAS OVER ON PRINCETON AVENUE. POLICE TELLING US A MAN AND WOMAN FOUND SHOT TO DEATH INSIDE. AND EARLY THIS MORNING, POLICE CALLED OUT TO ANOTHER DEADLY SHOOTING, THIS TIME OVER IN THE EASTLAKE COMMUNITY. AND THAT’S WHERE WVTM 13 IS. BRYCE OSELEN IS LIVE THIS MORNING. THIS IS OVER ON EXETER AVENUE. AND BRYCE, WHAT ARE YOU SEEING OUT THERE? RIGHT NOW? YEAH, THE BIRMINGHAM POLICE DEPARTMENT IS INVESTIGATING A HOMICIDE THAT TOOK PLACE ON THE 6800 BLOCK OF EXETER AVENUE. NOW, THIS TOOK PLACE RIGHT BEHIND ME. WE’VE SEEN CREWS COME AND GO ALL MORNING. POLICE SAY THIS ALL BEGAN AROUND 2 A.M. THERE WAS A GATHERING AT A HOUSE NEARBY. A VERBAL ALTERCATION BROKE OUT IN THE HOME. A MAN WAS SHOT AND FOUND DEAD ON THE FLOOR. POLICE SAY SHOTSPOTTER COUNTED 14 ROUNDS OF BULLETS. POLICE SAY THERE WERE MULTIPLE WITNESSES IN THE HOUSE, AND THEY PLAN TO INTERVIEW THOSE WITNESSES. AT THIS TIME, THEY DO NOT HAVE A SUSPECT IN CUSTODY, AND WE WILL KEEP YOU UPDATED WITH THIS STORY ON AIR AND ONLINE. AS MORE INFORMATION IS PRESENTED. LIVE IN BIRMINGHAM BRYCE AUSTIN WVTM 13. ALL RIGHT. THANKS SO MUCH, BRYCE. RIGHT NOW, NO ONE HAS BEEN ARRESTED IN ANY OF THESE SHOOTINGS. WE WILL CONTINUE TO FOLLOW THIS THROUGHOUT THE DAY RIGHT HERE. FROM THE BREAKING NEWS DESK.

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Birmingham shootings leave 4 dead, 1 injured overnight

Four shootings overnight Tuesday left four people dead and one other injured.All of the shootings happened in less than 12 hours.Two of the dead are teenagers, according to officials.None of these shootings have been connected by police at this time.7 p.m. Tuesday nightA person was hospitalized Tuesday night after being found with gunshot wounds inside of a crashed vehicle in North Birmingham. Officers arrived to the 3100 block of 26th Street North just after 7 p.m. and found a person in the driver's seat of a crashed vehicle, suffering from an apparent gunshot wound. The victim was taken to UAB Hospital.9:50 p.m. Tuesday nightA Jackson-Olin High School football player is dead after being taken off life support Wednesday afternoon.That's according to Birmingham School Board Member Jason Meadows.Gerald Lomax, 17, was shot after a basketball game at Woodlawn High School Tuesday night. Tuesday nightA teenager and a "young adult" were shot inside a vehicle Tuesday evening on Princeton Avenue Southwest, according to the Jefferson County coroner.Birmingham police received a call about a car with bullet holes when they found the victims inside the vehicle suffering from gunshot wounds.The victims were pronounced dead at the scene.Wednesday morningOfficials said there was a gathering at the victim's house when a fight broke out.The victim died from his injuries.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. —

Four shootings overnight Tuesday left four people dead and one other injured.

All of the shootings happened in less than 12 hours.

Two of the dead are teenagers, according to officials.

None of these shootings have been connected by police at this time.

7 p.m. Tuesday night

A person was hospitalized Tuesday night after being found with gunshot wounds inside of a crashed vehicle in North Birmingham.

Officers arrived to the 3100 block of 26th Street North just after 7 p.m. and found a person in the driver's seat of a crashed vehicle, suffering from an apparent gunshot wound. The victim was taken to UAB Hospital.