Mobile police are investigating three separate shootings that occurred within a matter of hours on the same day, all involving gunfire directed into homes that were occupied by families at the time.
The first incident was reported before dawn on Sharon Drive, where a resident told officers that an unknown person fired several shots into the home while her family was inside. Less than five hours later, officers responded to a similar report on N. Ann Street, where a woman said someone fired a round into her apartment, which was also occupied by her family at the time. A third shooting was reported shortly afterward on Summer Drive, where another resident said several shots were fired into her home while her family was present.
Mobile police spokesman Terence Perkins said investigators do not currently believe the three shootings are connected, though the department has not ruled out the possibility as the investigation continues.
No injuries were reported in any of the three incidents, but the shootings have raised concern among residents in the affected neighborhoods, given that all three targeted occupied homes rather than empty properties or vehicles.
Mobile police have not released information about a motive or suspects in any of the three cases. Investigators are continuing to canvass the areas around each shooting scene for surveillance footage, shell casings and witnesses who may have seen or heard something useful to the investigation.
Random or targeted gunfire into occupied residences remains one of the more serious categories of property and violent crime that Mobile police track closely, since the potential for injury or death is high even when shots don’t immediately strike a person. Officers routinely urge residents who hear gunfire near their homes, even briefly, to report it promptly rather than assume it was fireworks or another disturbance, since early reports can help investigators establish patterns across incidents.
Anyone with information about any of the three shootings is asked to contact the Mobile Police Department. Investigators say tips can be provided anonymously, and any details about vehicles, people or activity near Sharon Drive, N. Ann Street or Summer Drive around the time of the shootings could help move the investigations forward.