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Birmingham police are investigating an incident in which a 15-year-old boy was shot dead on Sunday

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abc3340.com

Birmingham Police are investigating an incident in which a 15-year-old boy was shot Sunday morning. Just before 7 a.m., officers from the Birmingham Police South Precinct were dispatched to UAB Hospital for a report of a 15-year-old gunshot victim. When police arrived at the scene, they found the boy in a pickup truck. At the hospital, the boy was pronounced dead.

“The overarching issue in this case is juveniles holding firearms, mishandling them, and now we’ve lost a 15-year-old because of it,” Officer Truman Fitzgerald said in a late afternoon press conference. “You have to handle firearms properly.”

After an investigation, police found a possible location of the incident in the 9200 block of Parkway East between a Walmart and Wells Fargo. There was blood on the ground and a handgun lying in the bushes.

Investigators arrested and questioned four males between the ages of 14 and 18 who were with the victim at the time of the shooting. The preliminary investigation revealed that all five males were traveling in a minivan in East Birmingham when the 14-year-old was holding the gun and for unknown reasons fired the weapon, striking the 15-year-old. The teens then drove the victim to the hospital.

After consultation with the district attorney’s office, the 14-year-old was taken to the Jefferson County Juvenile Detention Center, where he is being held on felony charges; however, police do not currently believe that homicide has occurred.

The Jefferson County Coroner will perform an autopsy to determine the cause of death. The investigation is ongoing.

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