Tag: gun violence
Meet the Founder, 17, of an Organization to Help Reduce Violent...
By Nicole S. Daniel
The Birmingham Times
When young people are killed by gun violence in the city of Birmingham the homicides probably affect one segment...
Birmingham City Councilor LaTonya Tate, Public Safety Chair, Saddened By Shootings
The Birmingham Times
Less than a week after terror in Dadeville, Alabama that left four dead, along with another 32 injured, some critically, Birmingham City...
Gun Violence is Now the Leading Cause of Death Among Alabama...
By Savannah Tryens-Fernandes | stryens-fernandes@al.com and Ramsey Archibald | rarchibald@al.com
Gun violence is the leading cause of death among children in Alabama, according to data from...
Estella Rush-Lewis: Grief-Stricken, But Riding With a Purpose
By Nicole S. Daniel
The Birmingham Times
Estella Rush-Lewis vividly remembers being in denial when she arrived at the scene where her daughter was murdered.
Lakandria "Kandie"...
“I’m tired of having candlelight vigils. There’s a culture of violence...
-Jefferson County Commissioner Lashunda Scales speaking on the tide of local violence at an event demonstrating how to stop bleeding wounds, according to a...
Heartbroken: Moms Lose Children to Violence in Birmingham, Find Support in...
By Nicole S. Daniel
The Birmingham Times
This is another installment in The Birmingham Times/AL.com joint series “Beyond the Violence: What can be done to address...
Mother on Death of Child: ‘I Won’t See, Touch and Hug...
By Nicole S. Daniel
The Birmingham Times
This is another installment in The Birmingham Times/AL.com joint series “Beyond the Violence: What can be done to address...
Birmingham’s Tragic and Historic 2022 Homicide Toll, By the Numbers
By Carol Robinson | crobinson@al.com
Birmingham ended 2022 with the families and friends of 144 homicide victims left grieving.
The year was deadliest in recent history and...
After City’s ‘Toll of Violence’ in 2022, Mayor Woodfin, Area Clergy...
By Ryan Michaels
The Birmingham Times
More than a dozen pastors from across the Birmingham metro area on Friday joined Birmingham Mayor Randall Woodfin and other...
An Emotional Mayor Woodfin Speaks on 12-Year-Old Killed While Sleeping
By Ryan Michaels
The Birmingham Times
Following the shooting death of a sleeping 12-year-old girl, an emotional Birmingham Mayor Randall Woodfin struggled to speak about the...