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Good morning, I'm Taylor Wilson and today is Monday, September 23rd,

2024. This is the accident. Today the latest from a weekend shooting in Alabama.

Plus how school superintendents are grappling with upended school life in the wake of shootings.

And we discuss the threats facing election workers and how they're dealing with them.

At least four people were killed and more than a dozen injured after shooters fired into a crowd in Birmingham, Alabama Saturday night. An intensive search was underway yesterday

for suspects in what police chief Scott Thurman called a hit. He said

gunman rolled up in a vehicle around 11 p.m. got out and fired into the crowd on the

streets at the city's entertainment district a popular area of shops, bars and

restaurants. He said the shooters then fled the scene where more than a hundred shell casings were found.

The victims included the person who was targeted, he said, but added that he did not know the motive for the killing.

Birmingham Mayor Randall Woodf said a clock switch had been used that converts

semi-automatic handguns into automatic weapons.

The devices are banned by federal law.

Legislators have pushed to codify the ban under state law,

but that effort fell short in the last state legislative session.

After a fatal high school shooting in Georgia earlier this month, districts around the country

have been flooded with threats.

I spoke with USA Today, breaking news and education reporter, Zachley about how shootings up end US schools

even when there's no gunfire. Hello Zach. Hey Taylor, thanks for having me.

Thanks for hopping on today. So I want to just start by hearing about this New York superintendent you wrote about in this piece.

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