Four people were killed during a drive-by shooting in Alabama — and one of the victims was related to two men slain in another quadruple homicide in the same neighborhood earlier this year, according to a report Monday.
Stevie Andre McGhee, 39, was gunned down Saturday night at a social club in Birmingham during an adult birthday party, the AL.com website said.
Three other people were also killed and 10 were wounded by the gunfire that exploded around 11 p.m. in the city's historic Smithfield district, home to the city's first high school for African-American students.
In February, McGhee's cousins — Kevin McGhee and Terrell Edwards, both 38 — were among four people fatally shot in broad daylight on Feb. 16.
That mass killing took place outside a Smithfield home where another victim ran a car wash, AL.com reported at the time.
In an eerie twist, a post-funeral gathering of the cousins' mourners took place at the same social club where Stevie McGhee was killed.
"We are broken. We are in shock," cousin Kawana Pollnitz said. "We're still under the bus from Kevin and Terrell and it's like they just keep rolling over our heads, our hearts, our minds."
Stevie McGhee's sister, Stenisha McGhee, also called the unfortunate turn of events "heart-wrenching."
"For the same thing to happen again, it's definitely tragic," she said. "I took that hard and I'm taking this even harder."
Police haven't made any arrests in Saturday's drive-by shooting and city officials have asked the public for help solving the case and another shooting the same day that killed three people.
"Having seven murdered in a day and 10 injured is probably the most tragic day in my time with the Birmingham Police Department," Police Chief Scott Thurmond said Sunday, AL.com reported.
