Bodies are seen on the street after the shooting which reportedly happened outside a Birmingham hookah lounge.

A search is underway for the shooters who killed four people and injured 17 others in a popular nightlife area in Birmingham, Alabama. Police say victims were caught in the crossfire during the shooting shortly after 11 p.

The bloodshed comes amid a spate of gun violence in Birmingham. A further shooting on Sunday evening in the Alabama city resulted in another person being killed and at least one other injured. Police told local media they were not ruling out a connection with the previous night's incident.

A search is underway for the shooters who killed four people and injured 17 others in a weekend shooting at a popular nightspot in Birmingham, Alabama

Some of the four people killed in a deadly Alabama shooting had "extensive criminal" histories and might have been killed in a targeted murder-for-hire hit, police said Monday.

The mass shooting outside a popular Alabama bar that left four dead and more than a dozen others injured may have been a murder-for-hire “hit” job, cops said — as the manhunt for the gunmen intensified.

The person, or people, who carried out the Alabama mass shooting at the weekend may have been paid to kill, police said. Multiple rounds of shots were fired in the popular Five Points South neighborhood in Birmingham,

Following the mass shooting in Birmingham, Alabama, on Saturday night, the White House issued a statement strongly condemning the gun violence, while police officials said the incident was a paid "hit.