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Death of Cornell Richardson in Birmingham ruled justifiable
BACK TO YOU. ALL RIGHT, THANKS, STEPH. WE ARE FOLLOWING SOME LATE BREAKING NEWS OUT OF BIRMINGHAM THIS MORNING. YEAH, POLICE ARE TELLING US THAT TWO PEOPLE HAVE BEEN SHOT. ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE ARE DEAD. SARAH IN STUDIO WITH US. SO WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT THE VICTIMS, SARAH? WELL, RICK GARLAND, POLICE TELL US THAT THEY FOUND ONE VICTIM SHOT OVER ON CENTER AVENUE, SOUTHWEST LAST NIGHT. HE WAS RUSHED TO THE HOSPITAL. HE HAS LIFE THREATENING INJURIES AND THEN POLICE TELL US THEY LATER FOUND OUT THAT ANOTHER SHOOTING VICTIM SHOWED UP AT PRINCETON HOSPITAL WHERE HE DIED. NOW, RIGHT NOW, OFFICERS ARE SPEAKING WITH WITNESSES TO FIND OUT MORE INFORMATION. BUT IT IS BELIEVED THAT BOTH VICTIMS ARE CONNECTED TO THAT ORIGINAL SHOOTING. POLICE ASK ANYONE WITH INFORMATION TO COME FORWARD.
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Death of Cornell Richardson in Birmingham ruled justifiable
Video above: Initial coverage of the incidentThe Birmingham Police Department reported the death of Cornell Richardson has been ruled as a justifiable death.Police originally responded to reports of a shooting in the 3000 block of Steiner Avenue Southwest around 10:30 p.m. Sunday, April 30.Stay up-to-date: The latest headlines and weather from WVTM 13 Birmingham police say they responded to a report of shots fired and found a person lying in the road who had been shot. He was taken to UAB Hospital with life-threatening injuries.A second person later arrived at Princeton Hospital and was pronounced dead by doctors, according to police. He was later identified as Cornell Dewayne Richardson, 24, of Adamsville. Follow us on social: Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | YouTubeThat ruling came from the Jefferson County District Attorney's Office.The police department stated this is the city's fifth justifiable death investigation of 2023.
Video above: Initial coverage of the incident
The Birmingham Police Department reported the death of Cornell Richardson has been ruled as a justifiable death.
Police originally responded to reports of a shooting in the 3000 block of Steiner Avenue Southwest around 10:30 p.m. Sunday, April 30.
Stay up-to-date: The latest headlines and weather from WVTM 13
Birmingham police say they responded to a report of shots fired and found a person lying in the road who had been shot. He was taken to UAB Hospital with life-threatening injuries.
A second person later arrived at Princeton Hospital and was pronounced dead by doctors, according to police. He was later identified as Cornell Dewayne Richardson, 24, of Adamsville.
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That ruling came from the Jefferson County District Attorney's Office.
The police department stated this is the city's fifth justifiable death investigation of 2023.
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