{"id":11165,"date":"2016-09-12T09:22:11","date_gmt":"2016-09-12T09:22:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=11165"},"modified":"2016-09-12T09:23:15","modified_gmt":"2016-09-12T09:23:15","slug":"birmingham-shooting-six-shot-after-alabama-peace-rally","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/news\/birmingham-shooting-six-shot-after-alabama-peace-rally.html","title":{"rendered":"Birmingham Shooting: Six Shot After Alabama Peace Rally"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\">Birmingham Shooting: Six Shot After Alabama Peace Rally<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\"><strong>Birmingham Shooting: Six Shot After Alabama Peace Rally<\/strong> : One person was fatally shot and five others were injured after a community peace rally in Alabama, police said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\">The drama unfolded in Birmingham on Sunday evening.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\">Birmingham police said reports of &#8220;multiple people&#8221; shot came in around 8:15 p.m. local time. Responding officers found six people wounded, according to police. All were taken to a local hospital where one victim was pronounced dead. Police did not provide information on the others&#8217; conditions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\">The gunfire rang out just one hour after the rally ended in a nearby park but the incidents were believed to be unrelated, Birmingham Police Sgt. Bryan Shelton said in an emailed statement late Sunday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\">&#8220;The events of tonight are disheartening and troubling,&#8221; Shelton said. &#8220;More lives could have been lost tonight due to reckless actions. We are working with our community to bring all responsible parties to justice.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\">Shelton said police would not release the identity of the person killed until their family had been told. He said officers were investigating but there was no suspect or motive.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\">The sergeant told Al.com that the shots were fired at a nearby public housing community and all six victims were &#8220;innocent bystanders.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\">He said many of the local residents were still outside following the rally and scattered once shots began to ring out, according to the website. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 8pt; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\"><strong>Source<\/strong> : http:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/us-news\/birmingham-shooting-six-shot-after-alabama-peace-rally-n646571<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-background-color\">\n\t\t\t  <div \n\t\t\t  \tclass = \"fb-comments\" \n\t\t\t  \tdata-href = \"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/news\/birmingham-shooting-six-shot-after-alabama-peace-rally.html\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-numposts = \"10\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-lazy = \"true\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-colorscheme = \"light\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-order-by = \"social\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-mobile=true>\n\t\t\t  <\/div><\/div>\n\t\t  <style>\n\t\t    .fb-background-color {\n\t\t\t\tbackground: #ffffff !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t.fb_iframe_widget_fluid_desktop iframe {\n\t\t\t    width: 630px !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t  <\/style>\n\t\t  ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Birmingham Shooting: Six Shot After Alabama Peace Rally Birmingham Shooting: Six Shot After Alabama Peace Rally : One person was fatally shot and five others were injured after a community peace rally in Alabama, police said. The drama unfolded in Birmingham on Sunday evening. 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