New COVID Numbers + 2 Dead After Shooting At Mall

Happy Sunday, Birmingham! Let's get you all caught up on what's happening locally to start today off on an informed note.

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First, today's weather:

Partly cloudy throughout the day. High: 88 Low: 70.

Here are the top stories today in Birmingham:

1. Gunfire erupted Saturday afternoon at a busy east Birmingham shopping center, leaving two people injured and two people dead inside one of the stores. (AL.com)
2. A Moody man is wanted by the Vestavia Hills Police Department on drug charges. See if you can help police locate him. (Trussvilletribune)
3. UAB released a statement addressing current COVID-19 numbers across Alabama, namely that the state has more than 2,800 hospitalizations and a net-negative 109 ICU beds available statewide, so the situation in Alabama remains extremely critical. (Alabama's News Leader)
4. Former Pelham Fire Battalion Chief Don Green died after a battle with COVID-19. (WBRC)
5. Meet this year's 2021-2022 Class of Leadership Birmingham. (Birmingham Times)

Today in Birmingham:

• UAB Women's Soccer takes on Mercer, at BBVA Field on the University of Alabama at Birmingham campus. (Noon)
• Join Hayley Holdridge for a physically distanced yoga class. Your ticket includes a yoga class that blends movement, meditation and breath to create peace within the body and mind — plus a pint. (2 p.m.)
• UAB Men's Soccer hosts Central Arkansas after the woman's team game, also at BBVA field. (3 p.m.)
• The iPUSH Foodie & Music Festival is an annual celebration that unites the cultural communities in Birmingham, come out to Goldstein & Cohen Building to find out what it's all about.
• The Black Crowes, one of the most iconic bands of the 1990s, plays live at Oak Mountain Amphitheatre. (7 p.m.)

Birmingham Patch Notebook

• Check out the sunrise this morning at Orange Beach, courtesy of a photo photo from Patty Bullion submitted to James Spann. (Instagram)
• The Reptile Building at the Birmingham Zoo is open. Stop by during your visit and snap a photo in front of our amazing reptile mural by Birmingham artist Shawn Fitzwater of Fitz Signs & Murals! (Facebook)
• Check out Music in the Parks with District 7 Councilor Wardine Alexander. Looks like fun! (Facebook)
• The Bryan Harsin Era at Auburn has begun, and could not have started any better. (Twitter)

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