5 victims in Mobile shooting: 1 dead, 4 injured — 1 in critical condition
Editor’s Note: This article has been updated with quotes from Mobile Police Chief Paul Prine and neighbors’ reactions.
UPDATE (10 p.m.): Investigators had most of Euclid Avenue lined up with their cars Friday afternoon as detectives worked to find clues that led up to the fatal shooting.
Neighbors and family members at the scene were distraught after learning that one man had died, and another was in critical condition.
Prine said a car pulled into the backyard of a home that sits on the corner of Euclid Avenue and High Street around 1 p.m.
He said several people got out of the car and began firing at people in the backyard.
He said the shooting stemmed from an ongoing dispute.
“I’m confident that the group of individuals that drove over here had to know the individuals in the yard,” Prine said. “So more than likely, this is probably an ongoing dispute between the two groups or even possibly a retaliation shooting.”
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WKRG News 5 spoke with a neighbor, who lives a block over, and described the gunfire as a big boom.
“I was out there in my backyard, like always, you know, and I heard a sound, and it sounded like a dump truck,” he explained. “And it went like, ‘boom, boom, boom’, and I said it was too loud to be a gunshot and come to find out, that’s what it was. Five or six shots right behind one another.”
With no one in custody yet, the Mobile Police Department is urging anyone with information to come forward.
“Yes, they have a responsibility to come forward and tell us what they saw and what they heard,” Major Linda Tims said.
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“We understand in these situations, a lot of times the neighbors or the community members are reluctant to come forward,” Prine said. “But nonetheless, we all have a part to play when it comes to keeping the streets and Mobile safe.”
Investigators haven’t released the name of the deceased victim as of yet.
UPDATE (3:47 p.m.): Officials with the Mobile Police Department are releasing more information regarding the shooting that left one dead and four injured.
A news release said officers were called to the 600 block of Euclid Avenue around 1:08 p.m. for a report of a shooting. When officers arrived, they found four men with gunshot wounds. They were all taken to the hospital for treatment.
INCIDENT LOCATION:
Another person arrived at the hospital in a personal vehicle with a gunshot wound, according to the release.
Within the group, one of the men died from their injuries, another is in critical condition. The remaining people have non-life-threatening injuries.
During the investigation, officers found that the victims were standing behind a home when another group of men in an unknown vehicle showed up and began shooting, according to the release.
The subjects fled the scene before officers arrived.
This is an ongoing investigation.
This is a developing story. News 5 will update this article as more information becomes available.
UPDATE (2:40 p.m.): A male is dead after a Midtown Mobile shooting, News 5 has confirmed.
In addition, four other people received injuries, one of whom is fighting for their life, we’ve learned.
Here’s what allegedly happened: Someone in a car pulled up behind a home on Euclid Avenue.
A person in the car then fired shots at people outside the home, and Police Chief Paul Prine believes this was a retaliatory shooting.
This is a developing story. News 5 will update this article as more information becomes available.
PREVIOUS REPORTING:
MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — Mobile Police have responded to a shooting in midtown, according to officials.
The shooting occurred around 1:30 p.m. near High Street and Euclid Avenue, News 5 has learned.
News 5 has a crew on the scene. At least two people were seen being loaded into ambulances.
This is a developing story. We will update it when more information becomes available.
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