In brief
After a college football game in Birmingham, guns fired outside Legion Field killed one person and wounded eight others. The Birmingham Police Department detained a suspect and found multiple firearms at the scene. One wound was critical while the rest were stable.
In Birmingham, Alabama, a shooting after a football game left one person dead and eight wounded, police said Saturday. The incident happened outside Legion Field after the Magic City Classic, a local college football match.
Gunfire began shortly after 7:50 p.m. local time in the 400 block of Graymont Avenue West. Nine people were shot, one of them died at the scene. Eight survived with injuries ranging from minor to critical, with one person in a critical condition and the others stable.
Officer Darrell Freeman spoke at a press conference.
Officers responded and found multiple gunshot victims.He added that the police had detained a suspect and brought the person to police headquarters for questioning.
Investigators recovered several firearms at the location. Police said the suspect had been arrested in connection with the shooting but no additional details were released.