By Barnett Wright
The Birmingham Times
Birmingham Mayor Randall L. Woodfin, joined by nearly two dozen faith leaders, on Tuesday announced a $125,000 fund to help solve crimes against six children under the age of 10 who have been shot in Birmingham so far this year.
One of the children, Major Turner, 2, died Feb. 5, just hours after someone riddled his Kimbrough Homes apartment with gunfire. Arrests have been made in only one of the cases.
The Gun Violence Against Children Fund will be used to provide money leading to the arrest of individuals responsible in the separate shootings. A $25,000 reward will be available for each case.
City of Birmingham(BIRMINGHAM, Ala.) Authorities in Alabama are offering $125,000 for information leading to arrests in five separate shootings of young
‘Why did those people shoot me?’ Birmingham girl shot, recovering after mom stops to help motorists
Updated May 19, 3:32 PM;
Posted May 19, 3:30 PM
Kaitlynn Grady, 8, (right) was shot in a drive-by Tuesday, May 18, 2021. Pictured here with 5-year-old sister Khalia. (Contributed)
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It’s a question no parent should ever have to answer.
“It just kinda broke me down again,” said Katrina Grady, Kaitlynn’s mother. “She asked my husband. She didn’t say it to me because she knows how easily I cry.”
The 8-year-old West End Academy student and her family were caught in a drive-by shooting on Warrior Road Tuesday night when Grady, described by police as a Good Samaritan, stopped to help motorists she thought had wrecked on the sidewalk. A certified nursing assistant for 20 years, Grady said it’s something she has always done.