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NEWS AT 4:00 STARTS NOW. NOW TWO WOMEN ARE DEAD AS POLICE INVESTIGATE AN OVERNIGHT SHOOTING AT A BIRMINGHAM NIGHTCLUB. POLICE SAY IT HAPPENED AROUND 230 THIS MORNING NEAR FIFTH AVENUE AND NINTH STREET IN THE SMITHFIELD COMMUNITY. WVTM13’S ERIN LEWELLEN JOINS US LIVE FROM OUTSIDE UAB HOSPITAL THIS AFTERNOON AFTER TALKING TO COMMUNITY MEMBERS ABOUT THESE SENSELESS MURDERS. YEAH, AND SHERRY, I TALKED TO A COUPLE OF PEOPLE TODAY WHO SAY THAT THEY ARE TIRED OF SENSELESS VIOLENCE IMPACTING THEIR COMMUNITY. NOW, ONE MAN CALLS THIS A SENSELESS TRAGEDY AND HE SAYS THAT IT’S ONLY GOING TO GET WORSE IF PEOPLE DON’T CONTINUE TO RESPECT HUMAN LIFE. NOW, LET’S GET YOU TO SOME INFORMATION THAT WE JUST LEARNED ABOUT THIS SHOOTING. NOW, WHAT WE KNOW IS THAT IT STARTED WITH SHOTS FIRED AT ARIA LOUNGE. FIVE PEOPLE WERE SHOT. TWO OF THEM WERE WOMEN. NOW, WE DO KNOW THAT THE IDS ON THOSE PEOPLE WERE MARKESHIA ATKINS, WHO WAS 24, AND CERVERA WILLIS, WHO WAS 33. BOTH WOMEN DIED AT UAB HOSPITAL. THEN A SEPARATE SHOOTING NEAR THE HOSPITAL. SHOTS FIRED DURING A DRIVE BY IN BIRMINGHAM. POLICE BELIEVE IT IS CONNECTED TO THE SHOOTING AT THE NIGHTCLUB. NO ONE WAS HURT IN THAT SHOOTING AND UAB POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING. ONE MAN I TALKED TO SAYS SENSELESS VIOLENCE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS TO STOP AND HE SAYS IT STARTS WITH SIMPLE CONFLICT RESOLUTION. THEY HAVE TO LEARN TO TO RESOLVE CONFLICT. YOU KNOW, LIKE THE SITUATION HERE, IT STARTED THERE WAS A DISPUTE APPARENTLY FROM THE REPORTS AT THE NIGHTCLUB. AND THEN THE SUSPECTS FOLLOWED THE VICTIMS TO THE HOSPITAL. BUT YOU HAVE TO WHATEVER THE CONFLICT IS, YOU HAVE TO LEARN. PEOPLE HAVE TO LEARN BETTER MANAGEMENT, MANAGE SKILLS IN TERMS OF RESOLVING CONFLICT. NOW, DONNELL HARRIS SAYS THAT PEOPLE SHOULD BE ABLE TO ENJOY THEMSELVES, WHETHER THEY’RE AT A NIGHTCLUB OR A FOOTBALL GAME. BUT TONIGHT, COMING UP AT FIVE, WE WILL HEAR FROM A WOMAN WHO SAYS THAT SHE GOES TO ARIA OFTEN AND IS STILL SHOCKED TO HEAR THAT TWO PEOPLE LOST THEIR LIVES.
Victims of deadly Birmingham club shooting fired at a second time outside UAB Hospital while seeking treatment
Two people are dead and three others are injured after a shooting at a Birmingham club Monday morning. They were shot at again as they tried to get treatment at UAB Hospital.It happened at 2:37 a.m. Monday at Aria Lounge and Restaurant on 5th Avenue North in the Smithfield area.Stay up-to-date: The latest headlines and weather from WVTM 13 When the victims arrived at UAB Hospital by a private vehicle, they were shot at again, according to the Birmingham Police Department. The UAB Hospital Emergency Room and an unoccupied UAB police vehicle were shot. The hospital was placed on lockdown.Two women, ages 24 and 33, died at UAB Hospital and "early indications are those who were shot were most likely innocent victims," according to police.Two other women and a man were also shot, police said. Family members have been waiting outside the hospital all morning long for information about their loved ones. The condition of the three people injured is unclear at this time.Follow us on social: Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | YouTubeBirmingham police Chief Scott Thurmond released a statement Monday."As a result, we have two women whose lives were cut entirely too short. Two families were destroyed, and three other victims will have to live with the scars of this senseless violence for the rest of their lives," Thurmond said in a statement. "The vast majority of our citizens want a safer, better Birmingham, yet we continue to have a small group who can only resolve conflict by gunfire. Our city and its leadership will continue to work hard every day to hold those accountable for senseless acts of violence such as this morning’s incident. It is imperative for everyone to work together to prevent and eliminate future acts of violence. Put the guns down, they don’t solve problems, they only create bigger problems, and destroy families and our city. Birmingham and our residents deserve better."This is a developing story. Stay with WVTM 13 for the latest information.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. —
Two people are dead and three others are injured after a shooting at a Birmingham club Monday morning. They were shot at again as they tried to get treatment at UAB Hospital.
It happened at 2:37 a.m. Monday at Aria Lounge and Restaurant on 5th Avenue North in the Smithfield area.
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When the victims arrived at UAB Hospital by a private vehicle, they were shot at again, according to the Birmingham Police Department. The UAB Hospital Emergency Room and an unoccupied UAB police vehicle were shot. The hospital was placed on lockdown.
Two women, ages 24 and 33, died at UAB Hospital and "early indications are those who were shot were most likely innocent victims," according to police.
Two other women and a man were also shot, police said.
Family members have been waiting outside the hospital all morning long for information about their loved ones. The condition of the three people injured is unclear at this time.
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Birmingham police Chief Scott Thurmond released a statement Monday.
"As a result, we have two women whose lives were cut entirely too short. Two families were destroyed, and three other victims will have to live with the scars of this senseless violence for the rest of their lives," Thurmond said in a statement. "The vast majority of our citizens want a safer, better Birmingham, yet we continue to have a small group who can only resolve conflict by gunfire. Our city and its leadership will continue to work hard every day to hold those accountable for senseless acts of violence such as this morning’s incident. It is imperative for everyone to work together to prevent and eliminate future acts of violence. Put the guns down, they don’t solve problems, they only create bigger problems, and destroy families and our city. Birmingham and our residents deserve better."
This is a developing story. Stay with WVTM 13 for the latest information.
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