13-Year-Old Child Dies In Birmingham Shooting

Birmingham AL

07 March, 2022

11:20 AM

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BIRMINGHAM, AL — A 13-year-old boy was killed in a shooting in East Lake Saturday afternoon. The shooting occurred just after 2 p.m. at 7512 1st Avenue South. Sgt. Rod Mauldin of the Birmingham Police Department said shots were exchanged between people in two vehicles and struck the child, identified as 13-year-old Jaylon Palmore, in the stomach and an adult in the arm. The adult was taken to UAB Hospital and is expected to recover, while the child was later pronounced dead at Children's of Alabama. Mauldin said police do not have a clear motive behind the shootings and no suspects are in custody. Anyone with information on this case is asked to contact the Birmingham PD Homicide Unit at 205-254-1764.