BESSEMER, Ala. — Two people were shot, one critically, and a third was struck by a vehicle Monday morning outside a Bessemer convenience store, according to police accounts reported by local news outlets.
The shooting happened shortly after 10:30 a.m. outside the Stop N Go on Dartmouth Avenue, AL.com reported. All three injured people were taken to UAB Hospital.
Officers responded to the 2800 block of Dartmouth Avenue, where they found one person who had been shot and another who had been struck by a vehicle, according to a WIAT report carried by WHNT.
At about 10:47 a.m., Midfield police notified Bessemer officers that a third person connected to the incident had been found in Midfield, WIAT reported. AL.com reported that the second gunshot victim had driven to a McDonald’s seeking help.
The violence followed an argument outside the store, according to AL.com’s account of information from Bessemer police. Police said the incident was not random and posed no threat to the general public, the outlet reported.
WVTM 13 reported that no one was in custody at the time of its report. The reports reviewed did not identify the injured people or provide updated conditions for all three.