New Delhi, Oct. 5 -- Two people were killed and at least 12 were injured after rival gunmen started shooting at each other in a crowded downtown nightlife district in Alabama's capital city Saturday night.

A woman was among those killed and at least two of the injured were children, one of whom suffered life-threatening injuries, Montgomery Police Department (MPD) Chief James Graboys told the Montgomery Advertiser, as per the New York Post.

Montgomery Police Chief James Graboys was quoted by the Associated Press as saying that three of the injured were hospitalised with life-threatening injuries.

Police were called around 11:30 pm (local time) to what Graboys described as a "mass shooting."

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