Birmingham City Schools Superintendent Dr. Mark Sullivan Speaks on 17-Year-Old Killed in Shooting

The Birmingham Times BIRMINGHAM — A shooting near Woodlawn High School left a teen injured Tuesday night. According to Birmingham police, 17-year-old Gerald Andre Lomax Jr. and a friend were leaving a basketball game around 9:50 p.m. His football coach Joe Webb said Lomax was at the game to support his friends but Birmingham investigators said as he was leaving, he got into an argument. Lomax and his friend attempted to leave the location, 54th Street and 2nd Avenue N, when an unknown suspect fired multiple shots into their car. Lomax, riding in the passenger seat, was shot, and the driver took him to Woodlawn High School for help. “They brought him back to the school to get help,” Birmingham City Schools board member Jason Meadows said Wednesday. “They knew that we have, like, resource officers that, there’s police presence in the front of the school.” Lomax was rushed to UAB Hospital where he died Wednesday afternoon after being taken off of life support. Superintendent Dr. Mark Sullivan “Please talk to your children,” Birmingham City Schools Superintendent Mark Sullivan said Wednesday in a video released by BCS. “We have excellent counselors in the Birmingham school system to help them with...