A south Alabama mayor is upset with recent comments made by Mobile County Sheriff Paul Burch regarding gang violence after he said he wishes “we could be put them in the same arena and let them kill the hell out of each other.”

Burch’s comments were made Wednesday after a 2-year-old boy was shot in the face in Prichard as he slept in bed with his parents.

Burch said in a press conference that the shooting was gang-related and was frustrated due to innocent people being harmed as a result of the feuds.

“It’s gangs and frankly, I wish we could put them in the same arena and let them kill the hell out of each other,” Burch said. “That would solve the problem. It’s the innocent people who get shot.”

But Prichard Mayor Jimmie Gardner took exception to Burch’s comments and posted a vide

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