Birmingham community praying for victims of mass shooting

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBRC) - Police are still searching for the people responsible for Saturday night’s mass shooting that killed four people and injured 17 others in Five Points South.

Wednesday night, a small group gathered at the shooting site for a prayer vigil.

A handful of people put up signs and walked the site of that awful mass shooting to honor the victims and pray for peace to cover the City of Birmingham.

Wanda Woldridge, the founder of Mothers Who Want The Violence to Stop, says she’s sick of seeing young people in our city dying by the hands of other people.

She says seeing the faces of Carlos McCain, Anitra Holloman, Roderick Patterson, Jr., and Tahj Booker, those killed in the shooting, hit her deep because she lost her son 18 years ago to gun violence.

“It brings me back to my son when I lost my baby years ago,” she said. “This bring me back to him. Amen. How I looked at him when he died and how I went to the funeral home to bury my only son, my baby. You understand me? That brings me back there. That took me back there. Even though I’m a community activist, even though I’m a preacher, I’ve done so many funerals, so many vigils, this has touched my heart.”

Police are still urging those with information about the shooting to come forward. To remain anonymous, you can reach out to Crime Stoppers and have a chance at a $100,000 reward.

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