Oct. 5 (UPI) — At least 2 people are dead, including a teenager, and 12 more were wounded in a shooting in Montgomery, Ala. on Saturday night.
At least 5 people have life-threatening injuries, according to Montgomery Police Chief Graboys.
Reed added $20,000 in reward money to a $5,000 reward already offered through the Crime Stoppers tip line. The city council president offered an additional $25,000 in reward money for leading to information about and arrest of the suspect. Officials continue to investigate the incident and search for a motive.
“Lot of great fun has been had along these last several days, but, unfortunately, it only took one or two bad people with bad intentions to change not only their fortunes, but the fortunes of many, many other innocent people,” Reed said.
Montgomery is also hosting the HBCU Classic Weekend and Alabama State’s homecoming weekend.
Montgomery Mayor Steve Reed said Sunday that thousands of people were in the city over the weekend to attend the Alabama National Fair and related events.
“As you can imagine, that could be a very chaotic situation, and every weapon has to be accounted for, and every piece of evidence has to be processed,” Graboys said.
Officers were called to a shooting around 11:30 p.m. CDT during downtown festivities in Montgomery. They said one of the victims was targeted and that other victims were shot when people nearby who were armed began to draw their weapons.
