Birmingham Mayor Randall Woodfin, emotional and angry after a mass shooting in one of the city’s most popular entertainment districts left four people dead and 17 injured, said politics need to be put aside in the name of public safety.

Police in Birmingham, Alabama, are working to identify multiple people who opened fire in a bustling entertainment district Saturday night as part of what they called a targeted “hit” that left 4 dead and 17 injured – including many bystanders caught in the barrage of bullets.

Birmingham Mayor Randall Woodfin believes the violence the city has seen is solvable. There have been several mass shootings this year in the city, with the last one being in July. >> PREVIOUS COVERAGE: 7 dead in July Birmingham shooting On Saturday night,