Barrage of gunfire in Birmingham leaves 3 wounded

Three people were wounded when gunfire erupted in Birmingham’s Kingston community late Monday afternoon.

Birmingham police just after 4:30 p.m. began receiving Shot Spotter alerts of multiple rounds fired in the 4700 block of Ninth Court North.

Officers found one victim, an adult male, injured at the Shell gas station on Richard Arrington Jr. Boulevard, said Officer Truman Fitzgerald.

Two females were found wounded at an apartment in the 4400 Block of 9th Avenue North.

Fitzgerald said the victims all appeared to be adults.

One of the females sustained life-threatening injuries. The other two victims are expected to be OK.

Investigators believe all three were shot in the same incident.

No arrests have been made.

Anyone with information is asked to call detective at 205-254-1764 or Crime Stoppers at 205-254-7777.