Authorities say 5-year-old Brandon Jamal Nation III was fatally shot whereas getting a haircut in Bessemer, Alabama.
The boy's grandmother took him to a home within the 500 block of Seventh Avenue North to get a haircut Sunday morning, and shortly after, tragedy struck.
Bessemer Police Det. Justin Burmeister mentioned the victims had been outdoors the house when somebody opened fireplace straight on the house, killing the kid and injuring the barber, an grownup male.
“We all know that somebody who was not in the home fired on the home,” Burmeister mentioned.
Brandon was taken to Youngsters's of Alabama the place he was pronounced useless.
The grownup male was taken to the hospital and is listed in essential situation.
“It's horrible,” Burmeister mentioned. “Our ideas are with the household throughout this extremely difficult time.”
“We’re working tirelessly to assemble all accessible data and proof to find out the sequence of occasions that led to this tragic consequence,” he mentioned.
Anybody with data is requested to name Bessemer police at 205-481-4366, 425-2411, or the tip line at 205-428-3541.
