4 Killed, 10 Wounded in Drive-by Shooting at Adult’s Birthday Party in Birmingham’s Second Multiple Homicide in 6 Hours

A drive-by shooting at an adult birthday party in Birmingham left four people dead and nine others injured.

The deadly shooting happened about six hours after three people – including a young boy – were killed on the city’s eastside.

Birmingham police on Sunday identified the slain victims as Angela Weatherspoon, 56, of Center Point, Markeisha Gettings, 42, of Birmingham, Stevie McGhee, 39, of Birmingham, and Lerandus Anderson, 24, of Center Point.

A large crowd was gathered at a social club in the 3400 block of 27th Street for the private party when gunfire erupted just after 11 p.m. Saturday.

It was the second incident of multiple homicides in Birmingham in a span of less than six hours Saturday. At about 5:30 p.m., three people were found shot to death in a separate incident.

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Police initially said nine others were wounded, but updated that number Sunday to 10.

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Mauldin said the deadly shots were fired from a vehicle. It wasn’t immediately clear whether there was more than one shooter.

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The Saturday night shooting was the second quadruple homicide in Birmingham this year, and the second shooting Saturday that left multiple people dead.

On Feb. 16, four men were killed in a targeted shooting at a neighborhood car wash in the city’s Smithfield community.

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