"This is the safest place in Montgomery to be," said Randy Stephenson, executive director of the Alabama National Fair.
The amusement park as we know it today, with concessions and mechanical rides, dates back to the mid-1800s. In Alabama, the earliest park was likely Birmingham’s East Lake Park, which opened in 1886.
A gunfight broke out in a crowded section of downtown Montgomery, Alabama, killing two people and injuring 12 others.
A t least two people were killed and a dozen others wounded in a shooting in downtown Montgomery on Saturday night while the city was hosting the Alabama National Fair.