The key facts

  • The shooting took place at Legion Field stadium in Birmingham, Alabama, several hours after a football game
  • The number of victims, their condition, and the cause of the incident have not been specified by police
  • In recent weeks, shootings were reported in Tallahassee, Oregon, and at a police station

Shooting at a stadium in Birmingham

Several people were wounded by gunfire at Legion Field stadium in the city of Birmingham in the US state of Alabama. Police reported this to the ABC 33/40 television channel; the outlet Gazeta.Ru recounted the report citing the TV channel. According to it, the shooting took place several hours after a football game at the stadium.

What remains unknown

Police have not specified the number of victims, their condition, or the cause of the incident. Thus, at the time of publication even the order of magnitude remains unclear — it is only known that several people were wounded. Also, the available reports contain no information about any detainees or suspects.

A series of recent incidents

The report from Birmingham came amid a string of other shootings in the US that Gazeta.Ru had previously covered. In Tallahassee, Florida, at least 12 people were hurt, including six minors. On October 15, a shooting occurred at an elementary school in Oregon, where about 400 children studied and 40 staff members worked: at least six people were hurt, four, including three children, sustained fatal injuries; the gunman, who acted alone, was killed. In addition, earlier in the US, an elderly woman opened fire at a police station. What these cases have in common is only their general nature; no connections between them are indicated in the publications.