Crime & Safety
5-Year-Old Child Injured In Birmingham Shooting
A child suffered a life-threatening gunshot wound in a shooting in Birmingham Wednesday afternoon.
BIRMINGHAM, AL — A shooting Wednesday afternoon resulting in life-threatening injuries to a 5-year-old child. The shooting occurred on Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive just after 4 p.m.
Sgt. Rod Mauldin of the Birmingham Police Department said the preliminary investigation suggests the child was an occupant of a vehicle traveling on Martin Luther King Jr. Drive when an unknown person in another vehicle fired shots striking the child.
Mauldin said no suspects are in custody, and a motive has not been established in this investigation.
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Anyone with information on this case is asked to contact the Birmingham Police Department at 205-254-1764.
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