Birmingham 5 Points South mass shooting

$100,000 reward offered; 2 victims had faced murder charges​

Birmingham may need National Guard to help shorthanded police after mass shooting​

A mass shooting Saturday that left four dead in Birmingham’s historic Five Points South entertainment district prompted one Jefferson County legislator to say that Birmingham is unsafe, that its police department is dangerously understaffed and that the National Guard may have to be called in to help.

While Birmingham Mayor Randall Woodfin called for more gun control legislation and a return to requiring permits for handguns, State Rep. Juandalynn Givan said no amount of laws will fix the problem.

“Birmingham has a problem, that even if you pass 15 pieces of legislation with gun violence, or any type of gun bills, the problem is you do not have the manpower to enforce the laws,” Givan said. “There are already laws on the books.”

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Somerville said:

A little bit of gang warfare - perhaps: 4 dead, 2 with past criminal records, 17 wounded. I thought it was those Yankee cities with the massive crime problems.

$100,000 reward offered; 2 victims had faced murder charges​

Birmingham has 400 cops today, a few years in the past it had approximately 800. I wonder what happened.

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Phys251 said:

Where were all the "good guys" with guns?

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