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By The Associated Press

M50o93H7pQ09L8X1t49cHY01Z5j4TT91fGfr New Year’s Gunfire Kills 7-Year-Old Boy

Published: Wed, January 02, 2008 - 2:01 pm
Last Updated: Wednesday, January 02, 2008 - 2:09 pm

MOBILE, Ala. (AP) - New Year's gunfire in Alabama wounded a
Prichard woman at a midnight prayer service and startled a
Huntsville woman with a bullet that pierced a roof and landed in
her lap. Montgomery police could not rule out celebratory shooting
in the slaying of a 7-year-old boy.
Police across the state routinely warn of random gunfire each
new year and attempt to stop it. But the unwelcome tradition still
mixes gunfire with fireworks.
7-year-old Curtis Jackson Junior was playing outside his
family's apartment in west Montgomery when he was shot in the head
around 7 p.m. Monday night. He died at Children's Hospital in
Birmingham. 25-year-old Darnell Addison surrendered on New Year's
Day and was charged with capital murder.
In south Alabama, a Prichard woman was attending a midnight
church service when a bullet tore through the roof of a church in
Prichard, striking her in the face. The woman, whose name with
withheld, is listed in stable condition today. Police said the
bullet apparently was fired from a nearby street.
Police in Mobile charged five people with firing guns to
celebrate 2008, but there was no indication they were involved in
the Prichard shooting.
In Huntsville, a police spokesman said a bullet pierced the roof
of a residence just after midnight Tuesday and landed in a woman's
lap. She was not injured.
Birmingham police did not have an immediate tally of any New
Year's gunfire. The Jefferson County Sheriff's Office had no
reported incidences of celebratory shootings.

(Copyright 2008 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

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