From Tribune staff reports
A 4-year-old girl shot in the head during a dispute over a dice game in the Kingston community of Birmingham has passed away.
The unnamed child had been listed in critical condition at Children’s of Alabama and had required a ventilator to sustain life after she was shot during a gunfight that began over a dice game.
Three men are being held in the Birmingham City Jail following the Sunday afternoon shooting in the Kingston Projects , including the father of the child.
Birmingham Police Lt. Sean Edwards said charges against the men are still pending.
Reportedly the child’s father and another man got into a dispute that erupted into a gun battle. One man’s gun jammed while the other fired into the father’s vehicle in which his 4-year-old child was located.
A woman was also shot as a result of the incident. She is listed in critical condition at UAB Hospital. The woman was driving through the area with her grandchild when a bullet struck her in the neck.
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