From Trussville Tribune staff reports
BIRMINGHAM – An 8-year-old child and a man were both wounded at a bus stop in the Woodlawn community of Birmingham, according to a report by AL.com. The shooting was the result of an argument between a woman and the man who was wounded.
The mother began walking her son away from the argument when shots were fired and the boy was hit in the leg.
The man that the female was arguing with was shot in the side. The female, suspected to be the shooter, left the scene. Though a woman was arrested at a nearby apartment shortly after the incident, BPD spokesman Lt. Sean Edwards said it is not yet known if she was the shooter.
The boy is recovering at Children’s of Alabama and is expected to be released soon.
According to the report, this was the third child shot in ten days. On Monday, a child was wounded during a robbery at Valley Brook Apartments in Birmingham and was treated for non-life threatening injuries. On Aug. 6, Ron’Narius “Duke” Austin, 2, of Avondale died after being struck in the head by gunfire.
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Gwen Lackey
Yes this has got to stop,