Toddler fatally shot in Avondale while in car with parents
Published 9:29 am Monday, August 7, 2017
BIRMINGHAM (AP) — Police in Alabama say a 2-year-old boy was fatally shot while in a car with his parents and another man.
News outlets report that Birmingham police responded just before 11:30 p.m. Saturday after hearing multiple rapid shots fired in the Avondale neighborhood.
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They found three people suffering from gunshot wounds. Police were still trying to figure out what happened, but said the victims were in a white sedan with bullet holes.
The boy, identified by police as Ron’Narius Austin, was shot in the head, his mother was shot in the arm and a man in the car was shot in the back. The boy later died at a hospital. The boy’s father was also believed to have been in the car but was not injured.
No arrests were immediately announced.