Teen’s Alabama Christmas party shooting death a hate crime, family says
Updated Dec 18, 2020;
All it takes is a simple scroll down Jaheim Pugh’s Facebook page to see how loved and how much of an entertainer and performer he was.
Nineteen-year-old Pugh was at a large Christmas party in Prichard on Dec. 13, when he was shot and killed near Rosedale Avenue and First Avenue. According to the Mobile County Sheriff’s Office, two others were also injured in the shooting.
James Lee James, Jr., 33, was booked into the Mobile jail on Dec. 16, according to police. James is charged with one count of murder and one count of second degree assault.