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topicnews · September 23, 2024

Mass shooting in Birmingham 5 Points South: 0,000 reward offered; see live updates

Mass shooting in Birmingham 5 Points South: $100,000 reward offered; see live updates

UPDATE: The FBI announced Monday that it is offering a $50,000 reward in the case, with Crime Stoppers of Metro Alabama matching that reward by an additional $50,000.

FBI Special Agent in Charge Carlton Peeples announced the reward for information leading to an arrest and conviction. Frank Barefield of CrimeStoppers said the reward is the highest they have ever offered. The previous record was $25,000 after the kidnapping of Kamille “Cupcake” McKinney.

The three-year-old was kidnapped from a birthday party in 2019 and later found murdered. Two people were arrested and convicted.

Police also said that 12 of the injured victims of the shooting have already been released from hospitals and another five are still in the hospital.

Police said investigators had received a considerable number of tips.

The original article continues below:

Birmingham police are expected to provide an update this morning on Saturday night’s mass shooting in Five Points South that left four people dead and 17 others injured.

Police identified the four people killed as Antria Holloman, 21, Tahj Booker, 27, Carlos McCain, 27, and Roderick Lynn Patterson Jr., 26.

So far, no arrests have been made in the case, which Police Chief Scott Thurmond described as an “attack” on one of the four people killed in the shooting.

“We believe that this person was involved in an assassination attempt and that someone was willing to pay money to kill this person,” the police chief said on Sunday morning.

You can follow today’s press conference live here:

The shooting occurred shortly after 11 p.m. in the 2000 block of Magnolia Avenue South as people were waiting in line to get into the Hush hookah and cigar lounge.

The deadly shooting involved more than 100 shots fired from at least one fully automatic weapon, sending people fleeing the busy entertainment district in panic.

According to police, among the weapons fired was a pistol with a Glock switch.

Mayor Randall Woodfin called on state lawmakers to ban Glock switches.

“Glock switches are banned at the federal level. And while they are banned to my left, Congress is not giving the ATF the organizational structure to enforce them and get them off the streets. They are cutting their resources at the federal level,” he said.

“Look, we’re willing to be overly aggressive and dogmatic, if you will, and go after every shooter in the city. But as it stands, they can drive around without a permit, they can drive around with any kind of weapon,” the mayor said. “If you want to protect your home, that’s fine. But what are you going to do for us, the people you say are responsible for public safety?”

You can submit information to police here. You can also call investigators at 205-254-1764 or Crime Stoppers at 205-254-7777.

This is a developing story and will be updated.

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