Alabama A&M defeated Alabama State 31-28 before nearly 70,000 fans Saturday at Birminghams Legion Field. Two shootings about an hour later near vendors on Graymont Avenue left one dead and eight wounded after most fans had departed, according to Police Chief Michael Pickett. October also saw HBCU-related shootings at Delaware State, Virginia Union, and Florida A&M, and Everytown for Gun Safety found HBCUs experienced shootings at 20 times the rate of other campuses, usually involving nonstudents. Authorities detained a 17-year-old in Birmingham with an illegally modified handgun and charged a 15-year-old as an adult in Tallahassee. The account questions whether extra firearm restrictions would stop already illegal teen possession and instead highlights focused deterrence of high-risk individuals without infringing Second Amendment rights.