1 killed, 8 hurt in shooting near ‘Magic City Classic’ game in Alabama

A mass shooting outside the "Magic City Classic" football game Saturday in Birmingham, Alabama, left one person dead and eight other people injured. 

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The Birmingham Police Department explained that officers responded around 7:50 p.m. after receiving reports of gunfire along a street where vendors were set up near Legion Field.  Investigators said that multiple weapons were found on the scene. 

What they're saying:

Birmingham Police Chief Michael Pickett noted that most fans and families had left Legion Field, where Alabama A&M had just defeated Alabama State, 17-13, but the shooting had happened near the stadium.

Pickett added that he was "very grateful that more people weren’t injured."

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What we know:

When the officers arrived, they found nine people suffering from gunshot wounds. The police department stated that one person was pronounced dead at the scene, another individual was reported to be in critical condition, and the other seven were stable. 

What we don't know:

No information about what led to the shooting has been released. A Birmingham police spokesperson stated that one person was detained to be questioned.

The backstory:

The "Magic City Classic" is the annual football game between the Alabama A&M University Bulldogs and the Alabama State University Hornets, the two largest historically Black universities in the state. The game usually draws more than 100,000 fans to Birmingham every year for the game, the parade, and pregame tailgating. 

The Source: Information for this article was taken from Fox News and the Associated Press. This story was reported from Orlando, Florida.