Two are dead and 14 are injured after a mass shooting in downtown Montgomery while the City was hosting and funding an HBCU.
The shooting happened at the corner of Bibb and Commerce Street at 11:30 p.m. The City of Montgomery was hosting and funding the HBCU Classic, which included free beer on Friday and a Ferris wheel downtown. The Tuskegee-Morehouse Classic took place at the Cramton Bowl at 6 p.m. Saturday.
Montgomery Police chief James Graboys said three of the 12 injuries from the mass shooting are life-threatening.
Graboys said at a press conference after the incident that the mass shooting involved two parties shooting with a crowd in between but couldn’t release further details.
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