Mass shooting in Birmingham, Alabama nightlife district: Four dead and many injured

The shooting occurred shortly after 11 p.m. Saturday in the city's Five Points South entertainment district, Officer Truman Fitzgerald said in an email.

When officers arrived at the scene, they found two men and a woman lying on a sidewalk with gunshot wounds and were pronounced dead there. Another male gunshot victim was pronounced dead at the hospital, Fitzgerald said.

A preliminary investigation revealed that “multiple suspects fired shots at a large group of people who were outdoors in a public area,” Fitzgerald said.