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Birmingham, Ala., precocious schoolhouse pupil Gerald Andre Lomax, Jr. died Nov. 13 aft being changeable portion leaving a section hoops game, per section authorities who said they are investigating the homicide.
By Will Reid Nov 16, 2024 12:05 AMTags
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A precocious schoolhouse shot prima is dormant aft a tragic killing.
Gerald Andre Lomax, Jr., 17, was changeable wrong a conveyance arsenic helium near a precocious schoolhouse hoops crippled Nov. 12, and passed distant from his injuries the pursuing day, according to a bid of Birmingham Police Department property releases obtained by E! News.
Birmingham, Ala. constabulary responded to a telephone of a idiosyncratic changeable astir 9:50 p.m. section time. When authorities arrived, Lomax—a varsity shot and hoops subordinate astatine P.D. Jackson-Olin High School—was recovered unresponsive and taken to UAB Hospital with an evident gunshot wound.
Prior to the incident, the teen “was progressive successful a verbal altercation portion leaving a hoops game,” according to the constabulary department’s preliminary investigation. As helium and a person attempted to leave, an unidentified gunman fired “multiple shots” into their conveyance and struck Lomax, starring his person to thrust to adjacent Woodlawn High School for help, according to the property releases.
The teen’s mother, Courtney Brown, was by her son’s broadside successful his last moments.
“I laid determination with my babe until helium took his past enactment truthful I cognize it’s true,” she told AL.com, “but I can’t marque consciousness of it. He was truthful sweet, and helium didn’t messiness with anybody.”
“I told him that I loved him and that I was precise arrogant of him,’’ she added. “I promised I would instrumentality attraction of his member and sister.”
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Police are continuing analyse the homicide case. As of Nov. 15, nary arrests had been made successful transportation to the shooting, Birmingham constabulary told People.
In a video connection posted connected societal media, Birmingham City Schools superintendent Mark Sullivan urged students and their families to assistance extremity the violence.
“We beryllium it to our children to springiness them the safest situation possible,” helium said successful the video shared connected Instagram Nov. 13, “and the accidental to bask a afloat life.”
“We privation to assistance them to larn to navigate conflicts by utilizing solution skills successful hopes that it volition debar the nonaccomplishment of beingness successful our schools and successful our city,” helium continued. “Students, we are present for you, we emotion you and we promote you to find a trusted root if you are hurting, aggravated oregon request help.”
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