1030 JUMP. HAPPY HAS THE LATEST ON THE SURVEY. AND THAT IS TO SAY THE LITTLE GIRL WAS SHOT IN THE ABDOMEN AND NOW HER OLDER BROTHER IS SITTING IN JEFFERSON COUNTY JAIL FACING CRIMINAL CHARGES. LEON WALKER JUNIOR, 19, IS CHARGED WITH AGGRAVATED CHILD ABUSE. ADDITIONAL CHARGES IN THE CASE ARE LIKELY, WE WERE TOLD THE JEFFERSON COUNTY SHERIFF SAYS THEY ANSWERED AT TOWER DRIVE IN FOREST HILL AROUND FOUR THURSDAY AFTERNOON. THEY FOUND THE THREE-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER DEAD AND TAKEN HER TO HOSPITAL. AT THIS TIME, INVESTIGATORS ARE NOT SAYING SPECIFICALLY WHO PRESSED THE TRIGGER, BUT SINCE THE GIRL WAS WATCHING BY HER BROTHER WHEN SHE WAS INJURED, HE FACES THIS CHARGE OF CHILD ABUSE, WHICH IS A CRIME OF CLASS B. WALKER IS HELD IN JEFFERSON COUNTY JAIL WITH A BOND OF $30,000. AND LUCKYLY HER SISTER WILL GET THERE THE LAST TIME WE CHECKED SHE WAS LISTED IN
3-year-old child shot dead in Birmingham
Just after 4 p.m. on Thursday, December 8, 2022, Jefferson County Sheriff’s Deputies were called to a location on Tower Drive in Forestdale to investigate a report of a 3-year-old child who had been shot. Deputies arrived at this location and found a 3-year-old girl with a gunshot wound to the abdomen. The child had been left in the care of her 19-year-old son. The child was taken to hospital, where she is being treated. The most recent update indicates that the child is in stable condition. After a review of the evidence, sheriff’s investigators charged Leon Walker Jr. with aggravated child abuse. He is being held in the Jefferson County Jail on $30,000.00 bond. Additional charges are likely as the investigation continues. If anyone has additional information about this case, please call the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office at 205-325-1450 or Crime Stoppers at 205-254-7777.
Just after 4 p.m. on Thursday, December 8, 2022, Jefferson County Sheriff’s Deputies were called to a location on Tower Drive in Forestdale to investigate a report of a 3-year-old child who had been shot.
Deputies arrived at this location and found a 3-year-old girl with a gunshot wound to the abdomen. The child had been left in the care of her 19-year-old son. The child was taken to hospital, where he is being treated.
The most recent update indicates that the child is in stable condition. After a review of the evidence, sheriff’s investigators charged Leon Walker Jr. with aggravated child abuse. He is being held in the Jefferson County Jail on $30,000.00 bond.
Additional charges are likely as the investigation continues. If anyone has additional information about this case, please call the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office at 205-325-1450 or Crime Stoppers at 205-254-7777.
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