MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Rival gunmen started shooting at each other in a crowded downtown nightlife district in Alabama's capital city Saturday night, killing two people and injuring 12 others, police said.
One of the dead included a woman and three of the injured were hospitalized with life-threatening injuries, including a juvenile, police said.
Police were called around 11:30 p.m. to what Montgomery Police Chief James Graboys described as a “mass shooting."
"This was two parties involved that were basically shooting at each other in the middle of a crowd," Graboys told reporters near the scene.
The shooters, he said, “did not care about the people around them when they did it.”
Police had reported no arrests Sunday morning, and hadn't released details about how many people had fired or what kinds of weapons had been used.
It was a particularly busy weekend in Montgomery, with Alabama State University’s homecoming football game that day at Hornet Stadium, the Alabama National Fair ongoing at Garrett Coliseum and the Tuskegee University-Morehouse College rivalry football game having just ended at nearby Cramton Bowl.
Mayor Steven Reed told reporters there were police units within 50 feet (15 meters) on both sides when the shooting broke out, but that the shooters “had no regard for human life.”
Investigators were reviewing surveillance video and interviewing witnesses and potential suspects, although no one had been charged as of Sunday morning, police said.
“We will do everything we need to gather every bit of evidence to chase down whoever is involved,” Graboys said.
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