Crime & Safety
Bessemer 12-Year-Old Killed While Playing With Gun
A 12-year-old child was shot and killed while he and his teen brother were playing with a gun.
BESSEMER, AL — A 12-year-old child was killed Monday when he and his brother were playing with a gun that unexpectedly discharged. An Alabama Media Group report said the shooting happened at 1:07 p.m. Monday inside the boy's residence in the 500 block of 29th Street North in Bessemer.
The child taken to Children’s of Alabama where he was pronounced dead at 4:15 p.m, according to al.com.
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