Birmingham’s Five Points South mass shooters still at large; here is how you can help (UPDATE)

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A memorial in front of Hush Lounge at Five Points South. On September 21 at 11PM, a mass shooting occurred at this spot killing four people and injuring 17. (Pat Byington / Bham Now)

On Saturday evening, Birmingham was rocked to its core when a mass shooting occurred at the at the 2000 block of Magnolia Avenue in front of Hush Lounge.

The heinous event caused the death of four people and injured 17 others. More than 100 shell casings were collected at the scene.

Below is the joint Sunday news conference with the Mayor Randall Woodfin and the Birmingham Police Department (BPD).

As of Monday morning, the shooter(s) remain at-large. The FBI and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives are assisting the BPD.

The police have asked local businesses to contact them if they have any camera footage.

They have also set up the following assets so people can report potential evidence or clues on how this happened.

The Mayor and BPD are scheduled to hold a news conference at 9:15AM on Monday. We will update this article with the latest information, including how you can lend help to victims and their families.

Update: Monday 9:15 press conference

The FBI and Crimestoppers are offering rewards totaling up to $100,000 for tips and information leading to the arrest of the person who committed this crime. Information can be anonymous.

Mayor Woodfin: “It is critically important that as a community we come together at this moment… we the community have to step up.”

Twelve of the injured have been released from area hospitals. Five of the shooting victims remain hospitalized.

Pat Byington
Pat Byington

Longtime conservationist. Former Executive Director at the Alabama Environmental Council and Wild South. Publisher of the Bama Environmental News for more than 18 years. Career highlights include playing an active role in the creation of Alabama's Forever Wild program, Little River Canyon National Preserve, Dugger Mountain Wilderness, preservation of special places throughout the East through the Wilderness Society and the strengthening (making more stringent) the state of Alabama's cancer risk and mercury standards.

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