2 injured in apparent accidental shooting at northern Birmingham apartment building

2 injured in apparent accidental shooting at northern Birmingham apartment building

Two people were taken to the hospital after an apparent accidental shooting in northern Birmingham.

Birmingham police and firefighters responded at 9:40 p.m. Sunday to a report of a double shooting at an apartment building in the 1600 block of Sixth Street North.

They arrived to find a male and a female wounded. They were taken to UAB Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

Police said the shooting appears to be accidental.