Bessemer, Alabama: Two Shot, One Struck by Vehicle on Dartmouth Avenue, Three Taken to UAB Hospital
Bessemer police responded at about 10:30 a.m. Monday to the 2800 block of Dartmouth Avenue and found one person shot and another struck by a vehicle. A third victim was found in Midfield, and all three were taken to UAB Hospital.
Key points
- Three people were taken to UAB Hospital after a shooting late Monday morning in Bessemer, Alabama, a Jefferson County city just west of Birmingham.
- The Midfield Police Department told Bessemer officers at about 10:47 a.m. that a third victim in the case had been found near 11 Phillips Street in Midfield, WIAT reported.
- The shooting happened outside the Stop N Go store on Dartmouth Avenue.
Three people were taken to UAB Hospital after a shooting late Monday morning in Bessemer, Alabama, a Jefferson County city just west of Birmingham. Bessemer police said officers responded at about 10:30 a.m. to a report of a person shot in the 2800 block of Dartmouth Avenue, according to WIAT. At the scene, officers found one person who had been shot. Another person had been hit by a vehicle.
A third victim in Midfield
The Midfield Police Department told Bessemer officers at about 10:47 a.m. that a third victim in the case had been found near 11 Phillips Street in Midfield, WIAT reported. AL.com reported that the second gunshot victim had driven to a McDonald's to seek help. In all, two people were shot and one person was struck by a vehicle outside the store, and all three were taken to UAB Hospital in Birmingham. One of the gunshot victims was in critical condition, according to a Birmingham Free Press summary of the local reports.
Argument outside the store
The shooting happened outside the Stop N Go store on Dartmouth Avenue. It followed an argument outside the store, AL.com reported from information given by Bessemer police. Police said the incident was not random and posed no threat to the general public. The Bessemer fire chief told WBMA that one person was shot and another was hit by a car at about 10:30 a.m. on Dartmouth Avenue, matching the first police account of the scene.
No arrests in the first reports
WVTM 13 reported that no one was in custody at the time of its report. Bessemer police had not released the names of the three injured people. WIAT reported early Monday afternoon that the department had not released more information on the case, and the reports reviewed on Monday night gave no updated condition for the person who was struck by the vehicle.
Dartmouth Avenue is a commercial street in Bessemer lined with small stores. Police have not said what the argument was about, whether the person struck by the vehicle was hit on purpose, or how the third victim got to Midfield. Those answers sit with the Bessemer Police Department investigation.
Timeline
- Nov 9, 2026Bessemer police respond at about 10:30 a.m. to a report of a person shot in the 2800 block of Dartmouth Avenue and find one person shot and another person struck by a vehicle.
- Nov 9, 2026Midfield police tell Bessemer officers at about 10:47 a.m. that a third victim connected to the case has been found near 11 Phillips Street in Midfield.
- Nov 9, 2026Three people are taken to UAB Hospital in Birmingham. Police say the shooting outside the Stop N Go store followed an argument, was not random, and no one is in custody in the first reports.