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Four young people -- three teenagers and a baby -- were injured by gunfire Saturday night at a festival at Cathedral of the Cross A.O.H. Church of God on Center Point Parkway, authorities said.

Chief Deputy Randy Christian of the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office said the injuries were non-life threatening. A pregnant woman was also taken to the hospital for minor injuries she received when she was knocked to the ground by people running from the gunfire. The shooting happened just before 9:30 p.m. A 10-year-old was briefly missing but was later found unharmed at a nearby restaurant.

Five people have been taken into custody for questioning, Christian said.

Center Point Fire Chief Donnie West said the shooting victims were three teenagers and a child under the age of one. The older three victims were taken to UAB Hospital, the youngest Children's of Alabama.

Approximately 900 people were at the carnival at the time - 800 inside the event and 100 waiting in line to get in. Authorities said it appeared a fight broke out inside the carnival, and gunfire followed. It wasn't immediately clear how many people were shooting.

Felicia Stubbs was at the carnival with four of her children when the shots rang out. "I panicked. I couldn't breathe," Stubbs said. "I saw my 5-year-old and then I didn't. You either jumped the fence or you got shot. I just thank the Lord Jesus Christ that we're still here."

Stubbs said a man knocked down a portion of the fence, and people escaped through that opening. "We were all running," she said. "I could have lost my kids and my life."

Roughly 60 Birmingham police and Jefferson County deputies and 35 firefighters went to the scene.

The shooting happened during the 10th annual Spring Carnival extravaganza. The event began Wednesday and was set to run through Easter Sunday.

"It is kind of shocking because we have had festivals for 15 years ever since we have been a city and never had anything occur. It was a shock," Center Point Mayor Tom Henderson said.

The initial information from dispatch was that there were mass casualties and active shooters- possibly up to three people firing guns. There were deputies working off-duty jobs at the carnival, and Chief West said they were able to capture some of those now undergoing questioning. He described the scene as "mass chaos."

"This could have been extremely bad," West said.

He said the response went well. "We train for mass casualties," West said. "We were trying to triage the victims...and get them to the hospital as soon as possible."

Stubbs, who lives just across the street, said she's attended the festival before and there have never been any major problems. "I'm trying to see how they got a gun in there. Who shoots on church grounds?" she said. "It's so sad. And it's ridiculous."

Efforts to reach organizers for comment were unsuccessful.

This is a developing story and will be updated.

AL.com reporter Erin Edgemon contributed to this report.