BESSEMER, Alabama — Police have charged a 20-year-old Alabama man with first-degree murder in connection with the deaths of three men at a gas station near Birmingham.
Bessemer police said Monday they have arrested Raukeem Cunningham in connection with Friday’s fatal shooting. Cunningham is being held without bail, local news outlets reported. He is not yet listed in Jefferson County jail records, so it is unclear if he has an attorney or has seen a judge.
Police suspect there was at least one other shooter and say they are still looking for possible suspects.
Christopher Eddins, 25, Ronald Dixon Jr., 20, and Wesley Fowler, 40, were all shot, police said. All died before they could be taken to a hospital.
The shooting began in the parking lot of a convenience store, with the suspects first firing from a vehicle and then getting out and chasing the victims inside, according to Bessemer Police Det. Justin Burmeister. The store’s security cameras captured much of the shooting.
Burmeister said at least two of the victims came to the store together. He said police believe at least one of the victims was specifically targeted.
It was the first of two multiple-victim shootings in Bessemer this weekend. Three men were shot Sunday night while sitting in a pickup truck in a parking lot next to another gas station. All three men were taken to a Birmingham hospital, two with life-threatening injuries.
Police have not yet announced any arrests in the second shooting.