29-year-old woman, 18-year-old male wounded in hail of gunfire at Jefferson County apartment complex
A barrage of gunfire erupted at an east Jefferson County apartment complex Sunday, sending two people to the hospital.
Jefferson County sheriff’s deputies were dispatched at 4:45 p.m. to Summit Ridge Apartments on Haversham Drive to a report of a person shot.
When deputies and Center Point Fire and Rescue medics arrived, they found a 29-year-old had sustained a gunshot wound. She was reportedly shot in the pelvis.
The woman was taken by ambulance to UAB Hospital in Birmingham.
Sheriff’s spokesman Henry Irby said her injuries did not appear to be life-threatening.
Deputies learned an 18-year-old male had been taken by private vehicle to UAB Hospital with a gunshot wound. His injuries also don’t appear to be life-threatening, Irby said.
Deputies initially issued an emergency call for all available assistance but the reason for the alert was not immediately clear. Additional details surrounding the shooting have not been released.
Irby said no arrests have been made.
Anyone with information is asked to call sheriff’s investigators at 205-325-1450 or Crime Stoppers at 205-254-7777.