One dead, one injured in shooting in Birmingham's West End community

GUIN CHARI. ALL RIGHT, JASON. WELL, WE CONTINUE TO FOLLOW THE DOUBLE SHOOTING ON PEARSON AVENUE SOUTHWEST, AND THAT’S WHERE WE FIND WVTM 13 S MAGDALA LOUISSAINT. WHAT HAVE YOU LEARNED SINCE ARRIVING AT THE SCENE? THERE? MAGDALA. SO GUY AND CHARI, WE HAVEN’T LEARNED MUCH JUST YET BECAUSE WE’RE WAITING FOR THE PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER TO GET HERE ON SCENE. BUT LET ME TELL YOU HOW WE ENDED UP HERE. YOU MAY REMEMBER AT 6:00, AT THE TOP OF THE 6:00 HOUR, WE WERE AT THE CROSSPLEX WHERE I WAS DOING A STORY FOR THE FAMILY FUN CENTER. WELL, SECONDS BEFORE THAT LIVE SHOT, I HEARD GUNSHOTS. MY PHOTOGRAPHER, ADAM AND I. AND I ASKED HIM, DID YOU HEAR THAT? WELL, IT DIDN’T TAKE US LONG TO COME OUT TO THIS SCENE HERE BECAUSE WE FOLLOWED THE SIRENS SHORTLY AFTER OUR LIVE SHOT. AND AFTER THAT STORY, AND FOLLOWED POLICE HERE AND ALSO PARAMEDICS AND NOW HAVE LEARNED THROUGH BIRMINGHAM POLICE ON SOCIAL MEDIA THAT ONE PERSON HAS LIFE THREATENING INJURIES. AND THIS SHOOTING HAPPENED HERE ON PEARSON AVENUE SOUTHWEST. NOW, TWO PEOPLE WERE SHOT. FROM WHAT WE KNOW NOW FROM POLICE, WE’RE STILL LEARNING, WAITING TO GET THAT INFORMATION OR MORE INFORMATION ON HOW THIS HAPPENED. WHAT LED TO THIS SHOOTING. BUT WE HAVE SEEN SO FAR MANY POLICE OFFICERS RIGHT NOW, MUCH OF THEIR FOCUS HAS BEEN AT AND IN FRONT OF THIS BLUE HOUSE HERE, WHERE YOU SEE THESE OFFICERS TALKING, SOME OF THEM EVEN USING THEIR FLASHLIGHTS TO LOOK FOR MORE EVIDENCE ON THE STREET. HERE WE’VE HAD A CHANCE TO SPEAK WITH SOME PEOPLE WHO WERE STILL LINGERING AROUND SHORTLY AFTER THE SHOOTING HAPPENED AND LEARNED ABOUT SOME OF THE VICTIMS AND SOME OF WHAT I LEARNED FROM THEM. I WOULD NOT SAY ON TELEVISION, BECAUSE WE ARE STILL WAITING TO GET INFORMATION CONFIRMED FROM POLICE, BUT WE HAVE ONLY BEEN HERE FOR ABOUT A FEW MINUTES AND THIS UNFOLDED VERY QUICKLY. AGAIN, LETTING YOU KNOW THAT AT THE TOP OF THE 6:00 SHOW IS WHEN I HEARD GUNSHOTS. MULTIPLE GUNSHOTS GOING OFF AND WE EVENTUALLY FOUND OURSELVES HERE. WE’RE ABOUT FOUR MINUTES AWAY FROM THE CROSSPLEX CENTER, NOT TOO FAR FROM THERE. SO POLICE WILL BE OUT HERE FOR A LITTLE BIT, AS WE WILL TOO, RIGHT NOW THEY HAVE THIS ROAD BLOCKED OFF ON PEARSON AVENUE. SO ANYBODY THAT’S LOOKING TO DRIVE THROUGH THIS AREA WON’T BE ABLE TO GET THROUGH HERE AT THIS MOMENT. AND WHEN WE FIRST ARRIVED ON SCENE TWO, WE DID SEE TWO AMBULANCES DRIVE OFF. WE’RE ASSUMING THAT IS LIKELY FOR THE TWO PEOPLE THAT POLICE SAY WERE SHOT HERE AT THIS SCENE. AND WE’RE NOT SURE EXACTLY WHERE THE SHOOTING HAPPENED, BUT WE HAVE ONLY SEEN THE OFFICERS PAYING CLOSE ATTENTION OR STANDING IN FRONT OF THIS BLUE HOUSE HERE WHERE THEY ARE CURRENTLY TALKING. SOME OF THEM HAVE LEFT ALREADY, BUT JUST A FEW ARE STILL LINGERING. SO WE’RE GOING TO STICK AROUND FOR A LITTLE BIT, AT LEAST TILL THE PUBLIC INFORMATION COMES. PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER COMES OUT HERE ON SCENE AND WE’LL UPDATE YOU ONCE MORE LATER ON IN THE SHOW. WE’LL SEND IT BACK TO YOU GUYS