Wednesday, July 18, 2012

Gunman fires into crowded Alabama bar, injuring 17

In this Tuesday, July 17, 2012 image captured from video and provided by the Tuscaloosa Police Department, a gunman walks near a Tuscaloosa, Ala., bar. Tuscaloosa police say 17 people were wounded when a gunman opened fire outside a crowded bar in downtown Tuscaloosa. (AP Photo/Tuscaloosa Police Department)

In this Tuesday, July 17, 2012 image captured from video and provided by the Tuscaloosa Police Department, a gunman walks near a Tuscaloosa, Ala., bar. Tuscaloosa police say 17 people were wounded when a gunman opened fire outside a crowded bar in downtown Tuscaloosa. (AP Photo/Tuscaloosa Police Department)

Tuscaloosa Police responded to the scene of a shooting early Tuesday morning July 17, 2012 in downtown Tuscaloosa, Ala., after a gunman who opened fire outside a crowded bar, wounding 17 people. Police were still searching for a suspect. (AP Photo/Tuscaloosa News, Robert Sutton)

Tuscaloosa Police are on the scene of a shooting Tuesday morning July 17, 2012 in downtown Tuscaloosa, Ala. after a gunman who opened fire outside a crowded bar, wounding 17 people. Police were still searching for a suspect. (AP Photo/Tuscaloosa News, Robert Sutton)

(AP) ? Witnesses inside a crowded Alabama bar describe a bloody and chaotic scene as a gunman outside opened fire, injuring 17 people.

Elizabeth Walters was inside the Copper Top bar in Tuscaloosa when the shooting started early Tuesday. She said glass and metal fragments were flying everywhere as people ran and crawled to get away.

Police say the gunman fired through a window, then shot people as they ran outside. Police were searching for the shooter.

Hospital spokesman Brad Fisher says most of the injured were hit by bullet fragments or bits of masonry.

He said the two most seriously hurt were in the Intensive Care Unit, one in critical condition and the other in serious condition. Three people were hospitalized in fair condition and 12 more were treated and released.

Associated Press

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