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4 killed, at least 10 injured in Birmingham, Alabama nightclub shooting

At least one gunman opened fire at a birthday party in a Birmingham, Alabama, nightclub on Saturday night, killing four people and wounding several others, police said.

Police responded to reports of people shot on 27th Street North at 11:08 p.m., Birmingham police spokesman Truman Fitzgerald said in a video statement.

At least four people were killed in a shooting at a nightclub in Birmingham, Ala., on Saturday night.WVTM

One man was shot and killed on the sidewalk outside the nightclub, two women were found dead inside, and one was taken to a hospital where he died, Fitzgerald said.

Police said 10 more people who were shot are undergoing treatment at UAP Hospital. Some were escorted there by the Birmingham Fire Department, while others arrived in private vehicles.

“At least one suspect drove up in a vehicle and opened fire from the street into the nightclub,” police said in a statement.

There was some type of dispute at the club, police said, but detectives are trying to determine if the shooting was related.

No arrests have been made, and police are appealing to the public for any information.

Birmingham police identified those killed Sunday as: LeRandus Anderson, 24; Stevie McGee, 39; Markeysha Gettings, 42; and Angela Weatherspoon, 56.

McGhee was found dead outside the business. Gettings and Weatherspoon were killed inside, and Anderson was pronounced dead at the hospital, police said.

Federal law enforcement agencies are also assisting Birmingham police in the investigation, police said.

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