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Birmingham police report one killed, eight wounded in shooting outside Legion Field

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A shooting near Legion Field after Saturday’s Magic City Classic killed one person and wounded eight, police said. Birmingham Police Chief Michael Pickett said it happened near vendors on Graymont Avenue after most fans had left. Police spokesperson De’Rell Freeman said one person was detained for questioning and multiple weapons were found and secured. Circumstances remain unclear.

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One person was killed and eight others were wounded in a mass shooting just outside Legion Field in Birmingham, Alabama, after the annual Magic City Classic football game on Saturday night, police said. Birmingham Police Chief Michael Pickett said most spectators and families had left the stadium property, but the shooting happened nearby, where vendors were set up along Graymont Avenue. Officer De’Rell Freeman, an assistant public information officer for the Birmingham Police Department, said shots rang out in the 400 block of Graymont Avenue West shortly after 7:50 p.m. Pickett said one victim was in critical condition and seven were stable. Freeman said police detained one person and took them to headquarters for questioning, while securing multiple weapons. The circumstances of the shooting were unclear. Police suspended tailgating and told people to leave the stadium property.

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CBS News, Alabama Daily News, The National Desk, ESPN, NBC News, LiveNOW from FOX, and ABC7 Los Angeles all report that one person was killed and eight injured in a shooting near Legion Field after the Magic City Classic. The reports are consistent on the central claim and timing.

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