From Trussville Tribune staff reports
CENTER POINT — The Jefferson County sheriff’s office has confirmed a shooting occurred tonight in Center Point at 9:30 p.m. in the 1400 block of Huffman Road.
Facebook photo Scott Wilbourn
Multiple reports say the shooting happened during a fair being held at Cathedral of the Cross.
Sources indicate that at least five people were injured during the gunfire and transported to area hospitals.
According to the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office, four were shot and another was injured after being knocked to the ground. One of the victims was a child, likely under the age of one, the other three injure by gunfire are teenagers. None of the injuries are reported to be life-threatening. A pregnant woman was knocked down and injured during the event.
Five people have been taken in for questioning.
Mayor Tom Henderson said he was disappointed.
“It’s very disappointing that people can’t go out and have a good time,” he said. “We’ve been having these fairs for 15 years and nothing like this has ever happened (at said events).
“We’re praying for the victims.”
Henderson said deputies have told him few details and said the situation is currently “fluid”.
This story will be updated as information is received.
128 Comments
Tashia Lovesher Zey
Marisha
William Kennedy
Stupid.
Stupid, stupid, stupid.
Courtney Dean Hallowell
WHAT!!!!!! You have got to be kidding me… no where is safe anymore
Jill Mitchell
Stephanie Dubey this is where all those cops were going. So sad.
Kaylyn McDaniel
Loryn McDaniel Groover were we not just saying “bring your gun and the kids”??
Amy Stewart
Wendy Armstrong Lorrie Williams Hand Heather Johnson
Annette Smith Gorham
Just don’t understand what is wrong with people! Prayers for all these victims and innocent children that witnessed this.
Tiffany Pannell McCormack
Robyn Odom Fadlevich AL-Absi maybe this is where the cops were going
Ashlee Harris Wood
Candice Vest literally just talked about this today when passing.
Courtney Bradford
Channing Brianne Huber
Olivia Olivia
Shannon N. Jefferson glad you didn’t take Mase!
Michael Adkins
Centerpoint has officially been lost to the thugs……maybe they need a MOAB
Renee Pierce
Oh my. Praying for all involved.
Aimee Jones Martin
AndyandMelissa Frederick
Gloria King Bailey Pounds
Oh my goodness!!!!!!!!!
Amy Stewart
Can we park somewhere else now?
Bama Jason
Centerpoint is the up and coming Ensly…. enjoy!
Alexandria Moore
Honestly I don’t think that was the safest place to hold it.
Gloria King Bailey Pounds
It is SO sad you have to think that way today but so true! 😭
Cecilia Kirk
NBC13 just reported 4 people shot, including a baby.
Irene Logajda Haynes
There were a lot of cops there!!
Shonda René
Candice Vest
Scary!
Glenda Kelly
Prayers for all involved!
Sherina Evins
Shequanda SoSpooiled Evins Cell Mckenzie this is why I said don’t go!
Alexandria Moore
AND! Black people don’t know how to act when something nice comes around. I hate to say it but it’s true. 👎🏾
Kimberly Julie
Prayers for all involved ♡ This could have happened anywhere…doesnt matter it was Centerpoint.
Stephanie Dubey
This is sad…
Christy Carr
Molly Riggs
Christy Carr
FaithandDavid Carr
Susanna Renee
My grandmother wanted to take my two kids and I told her negative for this reason right here!! Nothing is safe anymore especially in Centerpoint!!!
Amanda Gaines
Susie Lynn Brown good thing I didn’t keep the kids home and take them tonight!
Gloria King Bailey Pounds
You are wrong.
Gloria King Bailey Pounds
Good for you!
Reese Isbell
Troy McBride
Mark Franklin
Lauren Davis Adam Franklin
Glenn Franklin
I remember when i grew up.in Center Point how peaceful it was, no crime….if you needed a deputy, you called Huddle House because they had nothing to do but now CP is as dangerous as any place in Birmingham breaks my heart
Shane Swann
Center point was lost years ago. But now is as good a time as any to bring on the MOAB
Lorrie Williams Hand
Omg this just crazy, right there everyday where we have to park and walk from our cars Amy Stewart!!!
Amy Stewart
Yup. I don’t want to park there anymore
La Shundra
Christie RD
Shane Swann
At this point its safe to say that centerpoint should be burned to the ground
Kimberly Julie
Sorry you feel that way…but I am right 😉 Bad people live everywhere…could be your neighbors for all you know 😉 Have a blessed evening!
Susan Lee Thompson
Adrienne Boyer
Greg Widick
Thank You Jefferson County Sheriffs , Sargent’s , Deputy’s for Your Swift Response and Dedication . We all know your plates are full of it . I hope you all get it sorted out .
Lorrie Williams Hand
No doubt this is CRAZY!!!!
Jennifer Brooks
Melissa Brooks Tyler Pruitt
Greg Widick
Most do , some don’t .
Shonda René
This is where I grew up and I am just sick of what Center Point has become. At a damn church no less!!!
Shonda René
Makes me sick too
Shonda René
Yeah it was always safe when I lived there but I guess those days are long gone. I remember the fair and never feared for my life. People shooting each other at a damn church the day before Easter no less…
JohnLeslie Brown
I feel you on that one. I grew up in Center Point. It’s heartbreaking to see the state of that town now.
Que Sum
Plz don’t join the others on this post downing our people! Its bad ppl in every race our shit is just magnified to make the statistics seem legit.
Kathe Hardimon Rutledge
Prayers for the victims, especially the child. It’s a shame you can’t be safe even at a church function/Easter celebration.
Pamela Edmonson Hendrix
Which one?
Laurie Pryor Brockman
More likely to happen in C.P. No reason needed in that area. Happens just about every night !! Best thing city council can do for Center Point is quit having these “events” at night. Period. May not have happened in the daylight.
Kerry Cooper
Sad goings on.
Brittany Ashlyn Brasfield
Roman Brasfield
Amanda Jordan
What time did this happen???
Christie RD
Omg!!!! That is crazy!! People do entirely too much and with tons of kids out there I’m sure! 😡
Clay Saab
Just before 9:35 p.m.
Amanda Jordan
I saw a ton of police cars racing down the parkway on my way home from the Barons game. This explains it. Awful.
Roman Brasfield
Just saw this. People just can’t use their brains.
FaithandDavid Carr
That is so sad! !!
Marlene Little Appleton
Infuriating. AND VERY SAD!!
Debbie Russo
I told my husband this week there was going to be a shooting at the Carnival! ..Sad to say I was right…Why are people shooting one another??..So sad!..You cannot have fun anymore even at a Carnival and feeling safe!…Violence is everywhere!!
Angelo Denison Roberson
You are correct It could happen anywhere. However, you imply that it is “just as likely” to happen in any area and that a high crime rate inconsequential. If you believe this then you are a dangerously naive person…”your assertions are wrong”. It is what it is.
Chris Clark
I guess if you play odds yes it could theoretically happen anywhere. However centerpoint has become trash end of story. My wife was robbed at work there a couple years ago so I may have a skewed view on the subject.
Chase Guarino
Leigh Teer
Caroline Armstrong Amaral
What is wrong with people? Centerpoint just has some really bad and evil people.
Shannon N. Jefferson
Seee!!!! Omg my gut was telling me not to go!! I’m so glad I didn’t 😩🙌🏽
Eloise Julian
What state?
Julia Randolph
Poor Center Point….ruined since we moved away. 🙁
Greg Gunter
IT WILL NEVER EVER HAPPEN IN MOUNTAIN BROOK I KNOW THAT!!!!
Dennis Tina Spencer
So mayor Tom Henderson’s statement was that he was disappointed! Not sure why he is surprised that this happened. Center Point has become a crime ridden city under his watch. Generations of families once lived in CP. Home values have gone down drastically. People forced to sell and move away before they become victims of crime. Tom Henderson must go but sad to say I think CP is a lost cause. Maybe Clay, Pinson, and Trussville should build a wall!
Leigh Teer
I know, I’m glad y’all didn’t go.
Chase Guarino
Welcome to the hood
Alexandria Moore
My husband and I drove by tonight and he said he was surprised that there hadn’t been one. I couldn’t believe how packed it was. It was bound to happen in my opinion. And it is sad!
Kathleen Marino
I agree-! Let’s have a merry go round– and they will come– duh
Beverly 'Bev' Taylor
Gail Fredlund Chavez
Sheila Pippin Richardson
Alabama
Debbie Russo
Lol!!..Greg ..,you are funny!
Shaunda MzMoca Stephens
Tina Ealy
David C Reid
Mid to late 70’s was a great time from Roebuck to Pinson. It is a shame this really brings tears. What went wrong
Michael Karhan
Probly some lil white gangster over a girl or drugs
Michelle Allen Olson
It’s so sad and scary! I have a teenage daughter and thought about taking her the carnival tonight. We have done this every spring and fall. Not once have I feared that something like this could or would happen. It breaks my heart that our children can’t even go to a church carnival and be kids anymore. Prayers to the victims and their family as well as all of the innocent children and parents who have been traumatized by this event.
Chuck Browning
Sadly that’s where I grew up and went to school, not the same and it’s lost.
Chuck Browning
Very sad but I think it is already like that
Misti Stupp Garrison
This is absolutely ridiculous. These people should be ashamed of themselves doing something so evil at a church.
Eloise Julian
Yes I saw that after I read more comments. There is other Centerpoint churches so didn’t know. Thank you. So terrible.
Gwen Lackey
Center point has always been crazy that’s I moved a long time ago before it got worser!!!!
Chuck Browning
In a PC way you’re correct but I grew up there in the 70s & 80s and we didn’t lock our doors and I remember riding bikes as kids down the parkway from CP to Huffman. Wake up please, and yes it could happen anywhere and CP is where most of the crime comes from in other areas now.
Chuck Browning
Sadly CP did it to their selves and were to late becoming their own city.
Chuck Browning
Clay is starting to come in second to CP
Stephanie Statham
Oh how sad 😔😢💔
Janina J Larsen
Trussville is getting bad also, It’s all moving up towards Pinson also
Michael Adkins
Where i went to school also
Janina J Larsen
As we were driving by it the other morning i said to my husband, there is no way I would go to that here in this town, something bad is going to happen you watch. So sad that it did It’s just the times we are living in.
Stephanie Statham
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Yep, I agree. I grew up going to Food Giant/Winn Dixie with my Mom to shop, even worked at both, as a teenager.
Now when I go with my 9 year old daughter (which I try to avoid) I feel like I have to watch my back. I hate that feeling.
Pinson is terrible (in my opinion).
My husband and I went through Clay/Trussville today, and were talking about how bad it is in that area now. It’s not terrible. But it definitely is not what it used to be…
Jody Lynn Mattson
Dave Mattson
Cindy Buckner
I’m sure you hit the nail on the head
Michael Karhan
Outreach is working that’s where the poor and fatherless are
Wallace Wahd
Umm. Are you sure you don’t know ?
Kate Vazquez
At church?
Brian Bradley
I knew it was gonna happen.
Brian Bradley
Center Point started to change in 95 and went down hill from then. It is called the new West End by 95.7 Jamz.
Christy Rainwater
Pinson is not “terrible”. I’ve been living in Pinson for 15 plus years and never experienced any issues. We have our own police officers that patrol Pinson and I see them around on a regular basis. I feel safe here.
Kimberley Brown Aids
There had to be! There several hundred people at that thing.
Christy Rainwater
Oh and my home value here in Pinson has been increasing steadily over the past couple of years. 😉
Kimberley Brown Aids
Center Point is definitely a higher crime area – and seems to have a larger volume of violent crimes. While something like this could happen elsewhere, it seems to be far more common in Center Point. I try to avoid that area at night.
Michele Marshall Langford
Ridiculous.
Ann Benson-Richardson McCutcheon
West End has definitely moved to Center Point. So sad, little children trying to have some fun, and the thugs have to ruin it. WHY CAN’T THERE BE PEACE PEOPLE???
Kris Payne Boyle
Pray for the families, the community. This is so sad!
Christina Kendrick Stephenson
Matt Jilda didn’t I tell you!!
Mary Brown
Rick Brown
Diane Byrd Wyatt
Sad
Dennis Tina Spencer
And that’s great. I do not want Pinson Clay area to turn out like Center Point. We have to be proactive on crime to keep that from happening. I grew up in CP. Stayed longer than I should. Watched the entire neighborhood turn to a slum. Still have family living on the same street. One of them had her car window shot out, witnessed a drive by shooting. Last week my uncle was a victim of some thugs trying to knock him out in his front yard. I guess my point is I once lived in a place just like you are describing. Feeling safe, great home value and then watched it all go!
Chele Hicks
Sad… Sadder that it doesnt have to be like this.. Its a choice of a few bad people that ruin it for good people.. I dont go to center point..
Heather Johnson
Omg
Rusty Rings
*worse. Worser isn’t a word.
Rusty Rings
*worse. Worser isn’t a word.
Rusty Rings
CP is a dangerous place. Don’t act shocked you guys. Last time I went through there. I saw vacant buildings everywhere, almost all of them where for sale. Business owners have been cashing out for years in CP. It’s done, at least until rich people come in and gentrify it.
Rusty Rings
CP is a dangerous place. Don’t act shocked you guys. Last time I went through there. I saw vacant buildings everywhere, almost all of them where for sale. Business owners have been cashing out for years in CP. It’s done, at least until rich people come in and gentrify it.
Joyce M Ashley
We will probably find out that the trouble makers were not from Center Point they just came into the area.
Lori LeCompte Christopher
I agree, move there about 27 yrs. ago & have watched it go down hill since the early 90’s…luckily where I live, it stays quiet & we have good neighbors who look out for each other too, all different races too. The thugs aren’t running me out!!!!
Lori LeCompte Christopher
Lots of them have been vacant since the tornado went through there…
Rusty Rings
I grew up there. I started noticing businesses leaving when I was 13. That’d be ’95. By 98-99 CiCi’s Pizza was the only thing worth going to in CP. Most of the fun happened over in Trussville.
Christy Rainwater
I agree. It takes a community that cares about their area to keep things in check.