Incident

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5-09-2020 Alabama Birmingham 1-1

Location

May 09, 2020

Incident Address

Birmingham, Alabama

Participants

Type: Victim
Name: Roderick Smith
Age: 32
Age Group: Adult 18+
Gender: Male
Status: Killed

Type: Subject-Suspect
Age: 7
Age Group: Child 0-11
Gender: Male
Status: Unharmed

Incident Characteristics

Shot - Dead (murder, accidental, or suicide)
Accidental Shooting
Accidental Shooting - Death
Accidental/Negligent Discharge
Playing with gun
Child Involved Incident
Child fired gun - non-child victim

Notes

boy was not actually shot but received an injury to his hand from the slide of the gun when it discharged

Guns Involved

1 gun involved.

Type: Unknown

Sources

URL: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/man-killed-child-injured-in-west-birmingham-shooting-saturday-night/ar-BB13R8Ih

URL: https://www.al.com/news/birmingham/2020/05/man-killed-child-injured-in-west-birmingham-shooting-saturday-night.html

URL: https://www.al.com/news/birmingham/2020/05/police-birmingham-father-accidentally-shot-to-death-childs-injury-not-a-gunshot-wound.html

URL: https://patch.com/alabama/birmingham-al/birmingham-man-accidentally-shot-7-year-old-police

District

Congressional District: 7
State Senate District: 19
State House District: 55