Gunfire erupted at a Bessemer gas station Friday night, leaving three men dead.

The shooting happened shortly after 11:30 p.m. at the Citgo at 200 Fourth Avenue.

All three victims were pronounced dead on the scene.

Det. Justin Burmeister said at least two of the victims were at the store together, and he was unsure about the third. They had not been there long when someone inside of a vehicle opened fire on them.

The shooting started outside in the parking lot and continued inside the store, Burmeister said.

“We believe there is more than one shooter,’’ he said.

It appeared the shooters got out of their car and followed the victims into the store, still shooting.

Multiple shots were fired. Much of the shooting was captured on store surveillance videos.

Burmeister said the shooting wasn’t random – at least one of the victims was targeted.

The victims’ identities have not been released. No arrests have been made.

The shooting happened at the same gas station where a man and woman were injured in a barrage of gunfire earlier this month. That shooting happened Aug. 5, and more than two dozen bullets struck a sedan that was near the gas pumps.

This is Bessemer’s first triple homicide in recent memory, and the 7th, 8th, and 9th this year.

In all of Jefferson County in 2024, there have been 139 homicides, including the nine in Bessemer.

Anyone with information is asked to call Bessemer police at 205-481-4366, the tip line at 205-428-3541 or Crime Stoppers at 205-254-7777.