Woodfin Speaks to Families as Manhunt Intensifies for Gunmen Who Killed 4 in Birmingham

Times Staff Report Birmingham Mayor Randall Woodfin said Monday that he spoke with victims of a massing shooting and their families, including one person who was celebrating a birthday and was waiting outside a club when gunfire rang out. “His mom mentioned to me that they usually go out of town for his birthday, but he decided to celebrate his birthday here,” Woodfin said. A mother of one of the victims asked for counseling resources, saying the incident has had a tremendous emotional impact on her daughter, the mayor said. “This type of incident, this mass shooting, has a heavy toll on community as a whole … nothing more harmful than the emotional and physical pain of these actual victims,” he said, adding, “If there ever was a time for us to come together as a community, this is the moment.” Authorities in Birmingham said “multiple suspects” opened fire in Birmingham’s busy entertainment district over the weekend, killing four people, injuring 17 and leaving city residents shaken. Officials are offering up to $100,000 in reward money for information. Around 11 p.m. Saturday, the gunmen “fired upon a large group of people” outside in the Five Points South district, a bustling...