Shooting attack near football stadium in the USA: There are dead and injured

Chief Michael Pickett of the Birmingham City Police Department in the state told reporters that there was a shooting near the Legion Field stadium after the traditional "Magic City Classic" football match. Noting that the attack took place in the street vendors' area on Graymont Street close to the stadium, Pickett pointed out that the majority of the spectators left the stadium area after the match.

Pickett stated that one person died and 8 people were injured in the attack, and expressed that he was "pleased that more people were not injured." Police spokesman De'Rell Freeman reported that "multiple weapons were seized" at the scene after the attack.

Freeman stated that an investigation was launched into the attack in the region and one person was detained.