White House condemns Alabama shooting that police say killed 4, wounded 17 in alleged paid ‘hit’

The White House issued a connection Sunday, condemning weapon unit aft 4 radical were killed and astatine slightest 17 others were wounded pursuing a wide shooting successful a fashionable Birmingham, Alabama, nightlife territory Saturday night.

"Last night, respective radical were killed and galore much wounded successful downtown Birmingham, Alabama. And erstwhile again, our full federation is watching successful fearfulness arsenic different assemblage is devastated by the nationalist epidemic of weapon violence," Stef Feldman, Gun Violence Prevention Director said successful a statement. 

"President Biden and Vice President Harris articulation Americans crossed the federation successful praying for the families affected by this senseless violence," Feldman continued.

At the absorption of President Biden, Feldman said the White House is coordinating with federal, state, and section officials arsenic investigations are underway into the shooting.

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Police said it is believed that aggregate gunmen opened occurrence soon aft 11 p.m. Saturday successful the city's Five Points South amusement district. (WBRC)

"Americans should not person to unrecorded similar this. And we can’t fto it go normal. This twelvemonth unsocial determination person been much than 400 wide shootings which person traumatized Americans and torn communities apart. As President Biden often says: Enough is enough," Feldman said.

Two men and a pistillate were killed astatine the country successful the 2000 artifact of Magnolia Avenue successful the Five Points South country adjacent the University of Alabama astatine Birmingham, portion a 4th unfortunate died astatine the university's hospital, the Birmingham Police Department told Fox News Digital via email Sunday morning.

Police responded to reports of gunfire soon aft 11 p.m., constabulary said.

Authorities identified 3 retired of 4 of the victims killed by the gunfire. Police said each 3 died astatine the country and identified the victims arsenic Anitra Holloman, 21, of Bessemer, Alabama, Tahj Booker, 27, of Birmingham, Alabama, and Carlos McCain, 27, of Birmingham, Alabama.

The 4th unfortunate is an big male, who died astatine the hospital, pending identification, officials said. 

"Detectives judge the shooting was not random and stemmed from an isolated incidental wherever aggregate victims were caught successful the crossfire," constabulary said successful the emailed statement.

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The wide shooting killed 4 radical and wounded astatine slightest 18 others, constabulary said. (WBRC)

In a property league Sunday morning, Birmingham Police Chief Scott Thurmond said helium believes the shooting was "a hit," and that idiosyncratic was paid to termination the targeted victim, portion helium added that the unfortunate is among those who were killed. 

Police confirmed the weapons utilized were afloat automatic and that much than 100 ammunition casings were recovered astatine the country on with galore different pieces of evidence, according to Thurmond. They besides judge determination were respective shooters based connected evidence. 

Authorities added that they are besides moving to find who was the target of the shooting and volition beryllium reviewing video surveillance. 

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No suspects were successful custody arsenic of Sunday morning, constabulary said. (WBRC)

"I volition accidental this, we, each of america arsenic a community, beryllium it to the victims to bash everything we tin to instrumentality these shooters, killers, disconnected our streets," Birmingham Mayor Randall Woodfin said.

At this time, authorities accidental nary suspects are successful custody.

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"To the victims and the victims' families, our heartfelt condolences spell retired to them. That's 21 radical whose lives were everlastingly changed, that's 21 families, that immoderate are destroyed and immoderate are conscionable altered. Our hearts spell retired to them arsenic we enactment done this," Thurmond said. 

Authorities are powerfully urging the nationalist to travel guardant with immoderate accusation that could assistance pb to an arrest.

Fox News Digital's Landon Mion and Stephen Sorace contributed to this report.