'Everybody loved him': Community pays tribute to Birmingham firefighter Jordan Melton

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YOU CAN TURN ON PUSH ALERTS TO KEEP UP WITH THE LATEST INFORMATION. WELL, IT’S BEEN NEARLY TWO WEEKS SINCE FIREFIGHTER JORDAN MELTON WAS SHOT AT BIRMINGHAM’S FIRE STATION NINE. MELTON DIED EARLY LAST WEEK. WVTM 13. CHIP SCARBOROUGH IS LIVE IN BIRMINGHAM, WHERE THE COMMUNITY IS PREPARING TO SAY A FINAL FAREWELL TO THE BELOVED FIREFIGHTER CHIP. WELL, SHERI, THERE IS A MEMORIAL SET UP OUTSIDE OF FIRE STATION NINE HERE WHERE FIREFIGHTER JORDAN MELTON WORKED. I WANT TO TAKE YOU IN CLOSER NOW WHERE YOU CAN SEE THE WREATHS POSITION THERE WITH THE FLOWERS JUST BELOW IN FRONT OF WHERE THE SHOOTING HAPPENED. PEOPLE ACROSS THE CITY ARE PAYING TRIBUTE TODAY, TUESDAY AFTERNOON, FAMILY, FRIENDS AND COMPLETE STRANGERS STOPPED BY. SMITH AND GASTON CHAPEL TO PAY THEIR RESPECTS TO FIREFIGHTER JORDAN MELTON. IT WAS JUST A SWEET, KIND, CARING SMILE ALL THE TIME. HIS MOTHER AND FATHER, SISTERS, THEY LOVED HIM. EVERYBODY LOVED HIM. AS THE PUBLIC PAID THEIR RESPECTS, COMMUNITY ACTIVISTS ORGANIZED A PRAYER VIGIL OUTSIDE OF THE FIRE STATION. NINE PRAYING FOR JUSTICE IN THE CASE AND AN END TO GUN VIOLENCE. SO I’M CRYING OUT TELLING Y’ALL, PLEASE STOP THE VIOLENCE. AND YOU KNOW SOMEBODY THAT KILLED SOMEBODY CALL IN SO THE PARENTS CAN STOP HER, THAT SOME OF THE PAIN YOU WOULD TAKE OFF OF THEM. FIREFIGHTERS JORDAN MELTON AND JAMAL JONES WERE SHOT AT STATION NINE ON THE MORNING OF JULY 12TH. MELTON DIED LAST MONDAY NIGHT. AND JONES CONTINUES TO RECOVER. THE BLACK ON BLACK VALLEY GOT TO BECOME A TOP PRIORITY FOR THE GOVERNMENT THAT RUN THE CITY. JORDAN MELTON’S FUNERAL IS SCHEDULED FOR WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AT 1217 AT FAITH CHAPEL. CHRISTIAN CENTER, 12:17 P.M. IS THE EXACT TIME OF DAY MELTON WAS BORN. THIS SHOULDN’T HAVE HAPPENED, BUT IT SHOULDN’T HAVE HAPPENED. BUT WE’LL COME TOGETHER AND PUT OUR ARMS AROUND THE MELTON FAMILY AND THEN AND LOVE ON THEM. AND I DID REACH OUT TO THE BIRMINGHAM POLICE DEPARTMENT TODAY FOR AN UPDATE ON THE CASE. BUT I’M TOLD NOTHING NEW AT THE MOMENT. MEANTIME, I CAN TELL YOU THERE ARE SEVEN SEVERAL ORANGE BARRIERS SET UP RIGHT NEAR ME HERE SIGNALING THAT THIS FIRE STATION WILL BE SHUT DOWN FOR THE NEAR FUTURE. LIVE I

People across the city of Birmingham are remembering the life of firefighter Jordan Melton.Tuesday afternoon, family and friends gathered at Smith & Gaston Chapel to pay their respects. "He was just, he was sweet," family friend Kyoka Allen says. "He was kind, caring, smiled all the time. His mother, father, sisters, they loved him. Everybody loved him."As the public paid their respects, community activists organized a prayer vigil outside of Fire Station 9. They prayed for justice in the case and an end to gun violence. "So, I'm crying out to y'all," Apostle Wanda Stephen says. "Telling y'all, please stop the violence. If you know somebody who killed somebody, call in, so the parents can stop hurting. That's some of the pain you would take off of them." Firefighters Jordan Melton and Jamal Jones were shot at Fire Station 9 on the morning of July 12. Melton died on July 17. Jones continues to recover."Black on black violence has got to become a top priority for the government that runs this city," community activist Herman Henderson says. Jordan Melton's funeral is scheduled for July 26 at 12:17 p.m. at Faith Chapel Christian Center in Birmingham. 12:17 p.m. is the exact time of day Melton was born. "This shouldn't have happened," Allen adds. "But, we'll come together and put our arms around the Melton family and love on them."Birmingham PD continues to investigate the double shooting at the fire station.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. —

People across the city of Birmingham are remembering the life of firefighter Jordan Melton.

Tuesday afternoon, family and friends gathered at Smith & Gaston Chapel to pay their respects.

"He was just, he was sweet," family friend Kyoka Allen says. "He was kind, caring, smiled all the time. His mother, father, sisters, they loved him. Everybody loved him."

As the public paid their respects, community activists organized a prayer vigil outside of Fire Station 9. They prayed for justice in the case and an end to gun violence.

"So, I'm crying out to y'all," Apostle Wanda Stephen says. "Telling y'all, please stop the violence. If you know somebody who killed somebody, call in, so the parents can stop hurting. That's some of the pain you would take off of them."

Firefighters Jordan Melton and Jamal Jones were shot at Fire Station 9 on the morning of July 12. Melton died on July 17. Jones continues to recover.

"Black on black violence has got to become a top priority for the government that runs this city," community activist Herman Henderson says.

Jordan Melton's funeral is scheduled for July 26 at 12:17 p.m. at Faith Chapel Christian Center in Birmingham. 12:17 p.m. is the exact time of day Melton was born.

"This shouldn't have happened," Allen adds. "But, we'll come together and put our arms around the Melton family and love on them."

Birmingham PD continues to investigate the double shooting at the fire station.

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