‘Willing to pay money to have that person killed’: Murder-for-hire leads to mass shooting at hookah lounge that killed 4, injured 17, cops say

Birmingham mass shooting

Gunmen opened up fire at a Birmingham, Alabama, hookah lounge that killed four people and injured 17. (WVTM/YouTube).

A group of alleged hitmen got out of a vehicle and opened up fire at a hookah lounge in Birmingham, Alabama, and killed their intended target along with three other bystanders caught in the hail of bullets, according to police. In addition, 17 other people suffered bullet wounds in the mass shooting at the popular nightlife district, cops say.

The gunmen remain at large, Birmingham police Chief Scott Thurmond told reporters at a press conference Sunday morning. It happened around 11 p.m. Saturday outside Hush, a hookah and cigar lounge on Magnolia Avenue in Five Points South. Thurmond said the investigation is still in its early stages, but cops have been able to determine the shooting was targeted.

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