Birmingham police and fire medics are on the scene of a double shooting on the city’s west side. The shooting happened shortly before 10 p.m. Thursday in the Kimbrough Homes public housing complex in the Wenonah Community. Officer Truman Fitzgerald said police were notified of a double shooting int he 2900 block of John Bryant Road. According to witnesses, a 2-year-old is among the victims. .
2-year-old boy dies after shooting in western Birmingham
Updated Feb 05, 2021;
Posted Feb 05, 2021
2-year-old Major Turner died Friday, Feb. 5, 2021 after he was shot inside a west Birmingham apartment. His mother was also wounded. (Contributed)
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The Jefferson County Coroner’s Office on Friday identified the child as Major Turner. He was 2.
The shooting happened shortly before 10 p.m. Thursday in the Kimbrough Homes public housing complex in the Wenonah Community. Sgt. Rod Mauldin said police were notified of a double shooting in the 2900 block of John Bryant Road. They arrived to find the mother and Major wounded.
Police radio traffic indicated the child was struck in the neck and taken to Children’s of Alabama with critical injuries. He was pronounced dead at 2:45 a.m.