A bag of marijuana was found outside Grand Hall, where a shooting on Easter Sunday injured several (Chris Harress | charress@al.com)

Five people were shot and two more sustained other injuries in a shooting Sunday night in Mobile.

The shooting happened at the Grand Hall event space on Halls Mill Road, according to a spokesperson for the Mobile Police Department. Shots were fired outside the hall around 10:40 p.m., during an event involving mostly teenagers. The event was advertised as a rap concert for high school students.



Five people were struck by bullets, and at least two more were hurt in a stampede of people trying to flee the shooting and get inside the building. Of the five shooting victims, one person's injury was self inflicted and another individual who was shot by someone else is in critical condition, according to Mobile Police Chief Lawrence Baptiste, who spoke at a press conference Monday morning. He said the self inflicted wound was likely an accident. At least one of the two people that was trampled suffered broken bones.

Police arrived at the scene at around 11 p.m., where they describe seeing approximately 300 teenagers between the ages of 15 to 18 year-old. I'ts believed that most of the victims took themselves to hospital, but Police Chief Baptiste said some ambulances were at the scene.



Police Chief Baptiste acknowledged that the spring break timing may have been a factor since children in Mobile would have been off Monday.



"This is a plea to the parents, said Baptiste. "To be more vigilant where their children are hanging out at, to be sure they are going into a safe environment, that those establishments have safety protocols in place, to make sure of their children's safety."

"Most of all hold children accountable for their actions, because the life that they save might just be their own children."



The parking lot was strewn with mostly garbage, but evidence of the rush to escape the hall was clear. Clothing, footwear, cell phone cases, and chargers could be seen on the ground outside venue. At the rear of the parking lot next to a bar, a small bag of marijuana was on the ground, while a bullet casing lay next to the road. Police Chief Baptiste confirmed the security cameras were not operational.



A clean up manager that arrived at the location in the morning told AL.com that it was the first time he could remember any trouble at the venue. "When you mix guns and kids with attitudes, these things happen," said Reynolds Parker, 57, who had worked at Grand Hall for seven years. "Nothing surprises me anymore."

A person that attended the event and witnessed the shooting said that he came back to look for his phone. "I never come to things like this but my brother was performing and I wanted to protect him," he said. "I just heard the shots and starting running."

No arrests have been reported.

This post will be updated.