9-Year-Old Girl Shot In Morton Simpson Housing Community

Birmingham AL

11 November, 2021

8:52 AM

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BIRMINGHAM, AL — A 9-year-old girl was shot Wednesday afternoon in the Morton Simpson Housing Community in the 800 block of 44th Place North. Community members alerted Birmingham police just after 3:30 p.m. about a child shot nearby, and police found the child wounded in the back seat of a vehicle, according to Sgt. Rod Mauldin of the Birmingham Police Department. Mauldin said the child was taken to Children's of Alabama with life-threatening injuries. The preliminary investigation suggests that the girl was caught in crossfire between two men, Mauldin said. One person has been detained by police for questioning. This is a developing story and will be updated as more information is available.