AT LEAST two people have died and 12 have been injured in a horrific shooting in Alabama.
Gunfire broke out in downtown Montgomery overnight on Saturday with emergency services still on scene at 1:30 am this morning.
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Cops declared a “mass casualty incident” with a total of 14 people suffering from gunshot wounds.
An adult woman is among those killed, Montgomery Police Department Lt. Tina McGriff said.
“In total, three victims remain in life-threatening condition, and nine sustained non-life threatening injuries,” she added.
At least two of the injured are children.
It is believed that two parties started shooting at each other in the busy tourist area near the Rosa Parks Museum around 11:30pm.
Crowds had gathered in the tourist area following the end of the Tuskegee University vs Morehouse College football game.
The city had also set up attractions for those going to the game including a Ferris wheel.
A police cordon remains in place at the scene with the public urged to stay away.
An investigation into what happened is ongoing as detectives ask anyone with information to come forward.
At the scene, Montgomery Police Chief Jim Graboys told the press that officers were already interviewing “a number of people” in relation to the incident.
He slammed it as a “senseless act of violence” and vowedc to “use every resource” to catch those responsible.
“We will stay up all night, we will do whatever we need to do and use every resource to charge and hold the people responsible who were involved in this offence,” the Police Chief said.
“We are using every technological resource we have, we are using every detective we have and every bit of evidence that we are collecting now to sort out what has been a tragic and chaotic event that took place earlier tonight.
“My heart is weeping for the families and I am incredibly angry because this was not a typical mass shooting that people read about.
“This was two parties that were involved that were shooting at each other in a crowd.
“The people who did what they did, who are responsible for opening fire on each other like that, did not care about the people around them when they did it.
“Now we have 14 people wounded shot, two of them deceased. We will not rest until we get you.”
An update is expected when officers give a press conference at 12pm local time.
At this time, the identities of those killed and injured have not been released.
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