GoFundMe Started For 4-Year-Old Girl Shot In Gate City

BIRMINGHAM, AL — A shooting in Gate City this week resulted in an arrest, and a 4-year-old girl fighting for her life. Jurnee Coleman was struck by a bullet that entered her apartment, crossfire from a shootout.

The shooting happened just after 10 p.m. Sunday on Joppa Avenue in the city’s Marks Village public housing community. Birmingham police spokesman Sgt. Johnny Williams said they arrived on the scene to find the victim was a child. She was rushed to Children’s of Alabama, where she remains in critical condition.

Neighbors say the little girl was inside the apartment and a relative was getting her juice from the refrigerator when two suspects got into a shootout right outside the apartment. A round entered the unit and struck the little girl in the head.

A 38-year-old man has been arrested in connection with the shooting, but has not been charged with shooting Coleman specifically.

Raymond Shine is charged with attempted murder and certain persons forbidden to possess a firearm, according to an Alabama Media Group report.

A GoFundMe campaign has been launched to help the family of the girl with medical expenses.

"All donations will go towards medical care for Jurnee and also will be used to help her mother care for her other kids while she is unable to work at this time," said the campaign's creator.