Gunfire rang out in a southwest Birmingham neighborhood Saturday night, leaving two people dead including a 16-year-old girl who was passing by.
Birmingham police early Sunday identified the victims as Yasmine Wright, 16, and Ed Franklin Harris, 49. Both lived in Birmingham.
When officers arrived on the scene, they found Harris unresponsive in the roadway close to a motorcycle. Another vehicle was found in a nearby grassy area.
Mauldin said the preliminary investigation indicates Harris turned onto 16th Way and laid down the motorcycle. At that point, the suspect or suspects reportedly exited the vehicle and fired shots at Harris.
He was pronounced dead on the scene.
That vehicle had been abandoned, and police were using tracking dogs in search of the suspect or suspects. No one was taken into custody.
Moments later, police received word that a 16-year-old gunshot victim had shown up at a nearby Birmingham Fire and Rescue Service Station 25 on Wilson Road. BFRS took Yasmine from there to UAB Hospital where she was pronounced dead upon arrival.
Yasmine had reportedly just gotten off work at the Birmingham Zoo. Her aunt, Janice Wright, had picked her up after work and they were returning home when the shots entered their vehicle from the same incident that killed the motorcyclist.
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The gunfire erupted about 9:15 p.m. Saturday at 16th Way S.W. and Matt Leonard Drive.
A 27-year-old year man is wanted for questioning in connection with weekend gunfire that killed a 16-year-old girl and a 49-year-old man in Birmingham.
Byron Da’Juan Lumpkin is being called a person of interest by Birmingham. Killed in the Saturday-night shooting were Ed Franklin Harris and Yasmine Wright, who police was just passing by when she got caught in the gunfire.
Lumpkin is known to frequent the Ensley/Central Park area.
Man sought for questioning in Birmingham shooting that killed 16-year-old girl and 49-year-old motorcyclist
Byron Da’Juan Lumpkin is being called a person of interest by Birmingham. Killed in the Saturday-night shooting were Ed Franklin Harris and Yasmine Wright, who police was just passing by when she got caught in the gunfire.Lumpkin is known to frequent the Ensley/Central Park area.
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