8-Year-Old Killed, 3 Injured in Shooting at Alabama Mall

An 8-year-old boy was killed Friday in a shooting at an Alabama shopping mall that left three other people injured.

Authorities continue their investigation of a shooting at Riverchase Galleria shopping mall on July 3, 2020, in Hoover, Ala., that left an 8-year-old boy dead and three other people hospitalized. Carol Robinson/The Birmingham News via AP

HOOVER, Alabama—An 8-year-old boy was killed Friday in a shooting at an Alabama shopping mall that left three other people injured, police said.

Hoover Police Chief Nick Derzis said the child was killed in the afternoon shooting at the Riverchase Galleria. The police chief said a girl and two adults were also hospitalized after the shooting.