Man Charged In East Birmingham Shooting

BIRMINGHAM, AL - A shooting Friday night has netted one arrest, as 32-year-old James Larry Wilson has been charged with attempted murder. A woman was found by police suffering from gunshot wounds at a Shell Station on Roebuck Parkway, and said she had been shot at another location.

Officers from the Birmingham’s East Precinct responded to a call of a shooting around 8:30 Friday night, according to a report by Alabama Media Group. Once on the scene, they found a woman inside her vehicle suffering from a gunshot wound to the shoulder. The victim told officers she was shot by an unknown male.

Sgt. Johnny Williams of the Birmingham Police Department said a follow-up in the investigation by detectives led to the arrest of Wilson. (For more updates on this story and free news alerts for your neighborhood, sign up for your local Patch morning newsletter.)

The victim was treated for a non-life-threatening gunshot wound to the shoulder. Williams said the two did not know each other and a motive has not yet been released. Wilson is being held in the Jefferson County Jail on $100,000 bond.

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