9-year-old boy critical after self-inflicted gunshot wound in Fairfield: Police
Updated Apr 15, 2021;
A 9-year-old boy is fighting for his life at Children’s Hospital in Birmingham after sustaining a self-inflicted gunshot wound Thursday evening in Fairfield, police said.
Around 5:05 p.m. Thursday, officers from the Birmingham Police Department’s West Precinct responded to the 5100 block of Myron Massey Boulevard in Fairfield on a call of a child shot, said police spokesman Sgt. Rod Mauldin.
The 9-year-old boy was taken to Children’s Hospital with life-threatening injuries, Mauldin said.
The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the incident.
Further information was unavailable.