A Saturday night shooting in Avondale near downtown Birmingham has claimed the life of a 2-year old boy.
Birmingham Police Sargent Bryan Shelton said Ron’Narius “Duke” Austin, who recently turned two, was shot in the head while riding in the car with his parents. Multiple shots were fired, as the child’s mother was shot in the arm, and an adult male in the car was reportedly shot in the back. The boy’s father was not hit by the gunfire.
Duke Austin is the second young child killed by reckless gunfire in Birmingham in less than a month.
On July 12, the life of 4-year-old Taleayah Stafford was also snuffed out in a Birmingham shooting—in a confrontation over a game of dice.
