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WEBVTT HAPPENED, AND WHY A GRIEVING MOTHER IS CALLING FOR ACTION. IT'S ONLY ON 13. IT ALL HAPPENED SO FAST. >> GET OUT. GET OVER HERE. REPORTER: SHOTS FIRED RIGHT BY US. TUSCALOOSA AVENUE SOUTHWEST THIS EVENING. WE CALLED 911. POLICE IMMEDIATELY ARRIVED ON SCENE DETAINING 8 PEOPLE, INCLUDING SOME JUVENILES. >> IT WAS TERRIFYING. WE WERE STANDING RIGHT HERE DURING THE INTERVIEW WHEN WE HEARD SHOTS FIRED ABOUT 20 ROUNDS THIS WAY. WE HUNKERED BEHIND OUR CARS HERE. AND IF YOU CAN BELIEVE IT JUST AT THIS SPOT IS WHERE VALERIE CLARK'S SON WAS SHOT AND KILLED 22 YEARS AGO IN A DRIVE-BY SHOOTING. >> I JUST CAME FROM THE AIRPORT. AND ALMOST GOT SHOT. I AM TIRED OF THIS. SOMETHING HAS GOT TO HAPPEN. WE'VE GOT TO COME TOGETHER. I COULD HAVE AN GONE JUST LIKE THAT, TOO. REPORTER: HER SON MICHAEL WAS JUST 14 WHEN HE WAS KILLED HERE. AN INNOCENT BYSTANDER CAUGHT IN THE CROSSFIRE. THE CITY ERECTING A SIGN ALONG THE STREET IN HIS MEMORY, NAT >> HELLO? >> HELLO, MAYOR BELL. REPORTER SHE CALLED MAYOR : WILLIAM BELL FOR HELP RIGHT AFTER TONIGHT'S SHOOTING. FL >> IT WAS ABOUT 50 GUNSHOTS. WE HAD TO DUCK DOWN. REPORTER: THE MAYOR SENDING A POLICE OFFICER TO CHECK ON HER. BUT TONIGHT CLARK IS IN SHOCK ALL OVER AGAIN. ALMOST A VICTIM AT THE SAME SPOT HER SON WAS KILLED 22 YEARS AGO. >> IT COULD HAVE HIT ME. I AM JUST TIRED OF THIS. WHEN IT IS GOING TO STOP.

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