Who killed Major Turner? Someone knows, and they need to do the right thing, city leaders say
Updated Feb 19, 2021;
Two-year-old Major Turner died two weeks ago today, hours after he was gunned down in a close-knit, highly populated Birmingham housing community.
Since then, there have been prayers for the toddler and his family, tears for his life cut short and the family’s loss, outrage over the senseless, tragic killing. Candles have been lit, balloons released, and rewards offered.
What there hasn’t been, however, is someone, anyone, willing to step forward and give Birmingham police what they need to make an arrest in the case and bring some sort of closure, some sort of justice, to a grieving family, a grieving community.
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A little boy killed in a hail of gunfire inside a west Birmingham apartment had a big laugh, a huge personality and a bright future, according to those closest to him. “I told him all the time I thought he’d be president,’’ said the toddler’s godmother, Domonique Howard. “He did not deserve this. He was just an innocent baby who had so much ahead of him in his future.”
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. .
Birmingham police and Birmingham Fire Rescue Service are on the scene of a shooting in the city's Kimbrough Homes public housing community in the Wenohan area.