The family of Shirley Bryant, 63, have expressed their grief as she passed away on December 6, after being brutally attacked on November 14, just a day before her birthday.
Birmingham Mayor Announces $125,000 Fund To Combat Gun Violence Against Children - Birmingham, AL - Crime Stoppers will administer the fund to provide reward money for those who provide information leading to arrests in five separate cases.
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.
By RACHAEL RILEY | The Fayetteville Observer, N.C. | Published: February 17, 2021 FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. (Tribune News Service) On what would have been Sgt. 1st Class William M. Bryant s 88th birthday, his family gathered Tuesday at the Fort Bragg building that bears his name to donate his Medal of Honor for a display there. Bryant, a 5th Special Forces Group soldier, was killed March 24, 1969, in Vietnam. He was posthumously awarded the nation s highest military decoration on Feb. 16, 1971, on what would have been Bryant s 37th birthday. A few years later, in June 1973, the six-story Bryant Hall was named in his honor as part of the John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School.
Bryant, a 5th Special Forces Group soldier, was killed March 24, 1969, in Vietnam.
He was posthumously awarded the nation s highest military decoration on Feb. 16, 1971, on what would have been Bryant’s 37th birthday.
A few years later, in June 1973, the six-story Bryant Hall was named in his honor as part of the John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School.
The building was rededicated in a ceremony Tuesday, along with the dedication of a gallery to showcase Bryant s photos and Medal of Honor.
Bryant’s oldest son, Gregory Bryant, said that all of his life, his friends would look at the medal, say it was nice, then walk away. The importance of it, it seemed, was lost on most people.