From Tribune staff reports
BESSEMER — Two people were shot, one with possible life-threatening injuries, following an altercation in a Waffle House parking lot in Fairfield early Monday morning, according to Lt. Joni Money of the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office.
“Just before 1 a.m. this morning, Jefferson County Sheriff’s deputies were called to the 600 block of Bessemer Super Highway to investigate a shooting that occurred outside the Waffle House at that location,” Money said. “Upon arrival, deputies found that two people had been shot.”
Both adult male subjects were transported to UAB hospital, one is suffering from possible life-threatening injuries, according to Money.
“The second subject fled the scene to the 2000 block of Bessemer Road, from where he was transported for his injuries,” Money said. “The two had possibly engaged in a verbal altercation at the original location, that escalated into shots being fired.”
Detectives are on the scene and conducting an investigation into the circumstances surrounding the shootings.
If you have any information on the events, you are asked to call the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office at 205-325-1450, option 2 or you can call Crime Stoppers at 205-254-7777.