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One person is killed and eight are wounded in a shooting after Alabama's Magic City Classic college football game

Gunfire broke out outside Legion Field in Birmingham, Alabama, shortly after the Magic City Classic rivalry game ended on Saturday evening, with police finding nine gunshot victims close to vendor stalls at around 7:50pm. One victim died at the scene and remains publicly unidentified, while one of the eight taken to hospital is in a critical condition.

Birmingham Police Chief Michael Pickett called it "two senseless acts of violence" and confirmed one person has been detained for questioning.

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