Gunman opens fire, kills 4, injures many in Birmingham nightclub

A gunman opened fire into a Birmingham, Alabama, nightclub where a birthday party was being held, killing four persons and left several others injured Saturday night.

Birmingham police spokesman Truman Fitzgerald, in a video statement, said that officers responded to reports of people shot on 27th Street North at around 11:08 p.m.

Officers found one man fatally shot on the sidewalk outside the nightclub, two women were found dead inside, and a man taken to a hospital was pronounced dead there, Fitzgerald said.

Ten other people who were shot were being treated at UAB Hospital, police said.

Some were taken there by the Birmingham Fire Department and others arrived in private vehicles.

“At least one suspect drove by in a vehicle and fired shots from the street into the nightclub,” police said in a statement.

According to NBC News, there was some type of altercation at the club, but detectives are trying to determine if that is connected to the shooting.

As of the time of filing this report, there had been no arrests, and police were asking the public for any information.

On Sunday, Birmingham police identified those killed as: Lerandus Anderson, 24; Stevie McGhee, 39; Markeisha Gettings, 42; and Angela Weatherspoon, 56.

McGhee was found dead outside the business. Gettings and Weatherspoon were killed inside, and Anderson was pronounced dead at the hospital, police said.

Federal law enforcement agencies are also assisting Birmingham police in the investigation, police said.