CRIME
‘Does Not Appear to Be a Random Act’: 23 Shots Fired Into Home of Alabama Democratic State Senator

Mobile, Alabama police are investigating what is being called a “targeted attack” on a Democratic state senator, Vivian Davis Figures.
23 shots were fired into her home, police say, around 5 AM Thursday. No one was in the home at the time.
Mobile police spokesman Lt. Christopher Levy says the incident “does not appear to be a random act,” the Alabama News Network reports. The shooting was not discovered until Thursday afternoon and police are investigating.
Senator Figures, 64, has served since 1997, and was the Democratic nominee to challenge Republican Senator Jeff Sessions in 2008.
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