LIVE UPDATES | WHAT WE KNOW | THE VICTIMS | THE SCENE | FLOWERS | HUSH LOUNGE STATEMENT Birmingham officials are promising enhanced security measures after a mass shooting in the Five Points South area left four dead and 17 injured. "This is our community. This is my city.
Our city. You should not feel that safe to commit crime," Birmingham City Councilor Crystal Smitherman said. Emotions remain high following the tragic event on Saturday night.
>>LIVE UPDATES: What we know about the shooting at Five Points South During his weekly city council update, Mayor Randall Woodfin committed to increasing police presence in Birmingham's entertainment districts and urged the public to help identify those responsible for the violence. "Seventy-two hours later, this is one of those moments where we don't have the luxury to point fingers, but at the killers and shooters," Mayor Woodfin said. City Councilor Crystal Smitherman shared the impact of the shooting on her community.
"These people are scared. People talking about they only want to go to work. I want to go to church and that's it.
And we have to make it where people feel safe again," Smitherman said. Smitherman, a Birmingham native and daughter of a local lawmaker and former city council president, is deeply familiar with the city's violent history. However, this year's record-setting murder streak has struck a nerve.
"Mayor Woodfin, I already told you this, put the hammer down. I don't care anymore. I don't care anymore.
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