Tag: gun violence
Jackson-Olin School Principal: Birmingham ‘Needs to Listen’ Amid Homicides
By Alaina Bookman
AL.com
This is another installment in The Birmingham Times/AL.com/CBS42 joint series, “Beyond the Violence: What Can Be Done to Address Birmingham’s Rising Homicide...
Holidays Tougher for Antwone Brown, 18, After Shooting Death of Brother
By Nicole S. Daniel
The Birmingham Times
This is another installment in The Birmingham Times/AL.com/CBS42 joint series “Beyond the Violence: What can be done to address...
“A bullet has no name on it. You never know when...
-Jeremiah Barrow, student, A.H. Parker High School; birminghamtimes.com. Nov. 7.
“I would like everyone to know that domestic violence is real....
-Valerie Pullom, mother of TiMira Marchell Pullom, 28, fatally shot by her child’s father in September; birminghamtimes. Oct. 9.
Birmingham (AL) Homicides Drop by Double-Digits in Third Quarter of 2023
By Carol Robinson
AL.com
This is another installment in The Birmingham Times/AL.com/CBS42 joint series, “Beyond the Violence: What Can Be Done to Address Birmingham’s Rising Homicide Rate?” Click here to...
“We meet them where they are … we understand them as...
-Dena Dickerson, program director of Offender Alumni Association, which helps previously incarcerated people reenter the world, on her work, The Birmingham Times, Sept. 7.
“We don’t have to reinvent the wheel. All we have to...
-Birmingham City Councilor LaTonya Tate, who chairs the council's Public Safety Committee, on a new initiative to train residents as credible messengers; birminghamtimes.com, Aug....
“As long as there’s crime, we’ll need prevention.”
-Jefferson County Commissioner Sheila Tyson, on youth violence prevention programs she participated in, birminghamtimes.com, Aug. 7.
Jordan Melton, 29, Birmingham Firefighter, Will Not Be Forgotten
By Ryan Michaels
The Birmingham Times
Jordan Melton, 29, the firefighter beloved by Birmingham and gunned down while on duty two weeks ago at Fire Station...
Two Birmingham Firefighters Shot on Wednesday Expected to Recover
By Ryan Michaels
The Birmingham Times
Two Birmingham on-duty fire fighters who were shot on Wednesday are out of surgery and expected to recover, according to...
