Birmingham Police Investigating Incident Involving a 15-Year-Old Boy Shot and Killed Sunday

abc3340.com Birmingham Police are investigating an incident where a 15-year-old boy was shot and killed Sunday morning. Just before 7 a.m. Birmingham Police South Precinct officers were dispatched to UAB Hospital to the report of a 15-year -old gunshot victim. When police arrived on the scene they found the boy inside of a van. The boy was pronounced dead at the hospital. “The overarching theme in this case is juveniles that have firearms in their hands, mishandle them and now we lost a 15-year-old because of that,” said Officer Truman Fitzgerald, in a late afternoon news conference. “You have to properly handle firearms. 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 in the bushes. Investigators detained and questioned four males who ages range from 14-18 who were with the victim at the time of the shooting. The preliminary investigation has revealed all five males were riding in a minivan in East Birmingham when the 14-year-old had the gun in his hand and due to unknown circumstances he fired the gun and it hit the 15-year-old....