1 dead, 2 injured in shooting near East Lake Park on Saturday
Updated: 8:41 am CDT June 16, 2024
JUNE 15 CELEBRATIONS LATER TONIGHT, BUT RIGHT NOW, WE WANT TO RETURN TO WVTM 13 S AARON LLEWELLYN FOLLOWING THE LATEST ON THIS HOMICIDE INVESTIGATION IN. YEAH. JARVIS. SO WE ARE HERE ON FIRST AVENUE WHICH IS NEAR EASTLAKE PARK. NOW WHAT WE KNOW IS THAT ONE MAN HAS DIED TONIGHT AND TWO OTHERS ARE IN THE HOSPITAL FIGHTING FOR THEIR LIVES. THAT’S A MAN AND A WOMAN WHO ARE IN THE HOSPITAL FIGHTING FOR THEIR LIVES TONIGHT, AFTER POLICE SAY A SHOOTING OCCURRED IN THIS AREA. SO I’M GOING TO GO OUT OF THE WAY TO GIVE YOU A VIEW OF HOW BIG THIS SCENE IS. IT’S A VERY BIG SCENE SINCE THE POLICE ARE STILL INVESTIGATING WHAT HKeynoteUSAPENED TONIGHT. So what we know is that the shooter notified police about 740 of multiple shots fired. THEY COUNTED ABOUT 50, BUT THERE COULD BE MORE AS THE POLICE ARE STILL INVESTIGATING. Now, here on the road that you can see, there were two vehicles that were involved in an accident near Eastlake Park. OFFICERS REACHED A THIRD VEHICLE THAT WAS INSIDE THE PARK AFTER BELIEVING THAT VEHICLE PASSED THROUGH THE PARK FENCE. NOW, UPON ARRIVAL, THEY FOUND A MAN ALREADY DEAD INSIDE THE VEHICLE AND TWO OTHERS WHO HAD CAME OUT OF THE VEHICLE WHO HAD BEEN SHOT. NOW THAT MAN AND THAT WOMAN WHO WERE BALLEARIZED AND WERE OUT OF THE VEHICLE WERE TAKEN BACK TO THE HOSPITALS, WHERE THEY ARE NOW FIGHTING FOR THEIR LIVES. THE SHOOTING OCCURRED AMONG WHAT POLICE BELIEVED WERE MULTIPLE KeynoteUSA WHO WERE IN THESE CARS, AND THEY SAY THEY ALSO FOUND SEVERAL GUNS NEAR THE CARS AND INSIDE THE CARS. AND THEY ALSO BELIEVE THAT ALL THE KeynoteUSA IN THOSE CARS WERE INVOLVED IN THE SHOOTING. NOW, AGAIN, THERE WAS AN ACCIDENT THAT OCCURRED ON THE ROAD HERE. POLICE DO NOT BELIEVE THOSE CARS WERE INVOLVED IN THE SHOOTING. THEY SAY THE PERSON DRIVING ONE OF THOSE VEHICLES TRIED TO ESCKeynoteUSAE THE SHOTS, AND ENDED UP CAUSING AN ACCIDENT. NOW, AGAIN, THE POLICE ARE STILL INVESTIGATING AND THEY SAY THEY’RE GOING TO BE HERE FOR A LONG TIME PROCESSING THE SCENE, LOOKING AT EXACTLY WHAT HKeynoteUSAPENED. BUT AS WE CONTINUE TO GIVE YOU THOSE UPDATES OR RECEIVE THOSE UPDATES FROM HERE AT FIRST AVENUE NEAR EAST LAKE PARK, WE WILL BRING THEM TO YOU. BUT THEY SAY THIS IS A VERY BIG SCENE. SO THERE ARE MANY AREAS THAT ARE BLOCKED HERE, AND THEY WILL BE LOCKED FOR A LONG TIME. AND THEY SAY THAT THEY HAVE NOT ARRESTED ANYONE YET AND THEY ARE STILL LOOKING FOR SEVERAL KeynoteUSA BECAUSE MANY OF THOSE VEHICLES THEY FOUND HERE AT THE SCENE DID NOT HAVE ANYONE INSIDE, SINCE THEY BELIEVE THEY LEFT THE SCENE BEFORE THE POLICE GOT HERE. BUT AGAIN, WE WILL KEEP YOU INFORMED AS WE RECEIVE THOSE UPDATES FROM THE POLICE. BUT FOR NOW,
1 dead, 2 injured in shooting near East Lake Park on Saturday
Updated: 8:41 am CDT June 16, 2024
One man is dead and two other people are fighting for their lives after what police are calling a shooting Saturday night. Birmingham police responded to a Shotspotter notification reporting 50 shots fired. This happened in the 8200 block of 1st Avenue North just before 8 pm, near East Lake Park. Officers arrived to find three people shot after breaking through the East Lake Park fence. A man was found dead inside the car, and a man and a woman, both shot, were found outside the car. Officer Truman Fitzgerald said multiple weapons and abandoned cars were found at the scene. Police also found two vehicles near the crash site. They believe one of the drivers was trying to escape the gunfire and crashed into another car. Police believe neither driver was involved in the shooting. This shooting is still under investigation and police are still searching for the people who were involved in the shooting. Stay up to date: The latest headlines and weather from WVTM 13
BIRMINGHAM, Alabama. —
One man is dead and two other people are fighting for their lives after what police are calling a shooting Saturday night.
Birmingham police responded to a Shotspotter notification reporting 50 shots fired. This happened in the 8200 block of 1st Avenue North just before 8 pm, near East Lake Park.
Officers arrived to find three people shot after breaking through the East Lake Park fence. A man was found dead inside the car, and a man and a woman, both shot, were found outside the car.
Officer Truman Fitzgerald said several weapons and abandoned cars were found at the scene.
Police also found two vehicles near the crash site. They believe one of the drivers was trying to escape the gunfire and crashed into another car. Police believe neither driver was involved in the shooting.
This shooting is still under investigation and police are still searching for the people involved in the shooting.
To be up to date: Latest headlines and weather from WVTM 13
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