$100,000 reward offered in Hush Lounge shooting investigation, two victims charged in earlier Birmingham homicides

The search continues for gunmen involved in a mass shooting in Birmingham over the weekend that left four people dead and more than a dozen injured.

Authorities are offering rewards totaling $100,000 for information leading to arrests in the incident at the Hush Lounge in Five Points South.

Police believe the shooters targeted at least one of the victims and that others were killed or injured in the shooting, Chief Scott Thurmond said.

Authorities identified the four people killed as:
—Anitra Holloman, 21
—Tahj Booker, 27
—Carlos McCain, 27
—Roderick Lynn Patterson Jr., 26

McCain and Patterson have both been charged with previous homicides in Birmingham, according to AL.com.

McCain was acquitted of murder and attempted murder in the 2017 shooting death of 15-year-old Kelvon Julius, who police said was killed in retaliation for another shooting in 2015, the outlet reported.

Patterson had previously been charged with murder in the 2021 shooting at the Chevron on First Avenue North. The murder charge against Patterson was dropped in 2022 at the request of prosecutors citing “the death, unavailability and noncooperation of witnesses,” AL.com reported.

Authorities have yet to make any arrests following Saturday’s shooting. Police described the incident as a targeted “attack” by multiple gunmen who opened fire on a crowd waiting in line outside a nightclub in Birmingham’s bustling Five Points South neighborhood.

“I want to be very clear about what the priority is: It is to track down, capture, arrest and convict the individuals responsible for this mass shooting,” Mayor Randall Woodfin said at a news conference Monday with other officials.

Police said about 100 shell casings were recovered. In a statement released Sunday evening, police said the shooters may have used “machine gun conversion devices” that allow semi-automatic weapons to fire more rapidly.