James Lee Washington III, a 29-year-old Black male from Birmingham, was killed on March 20, 2023, after what authorities described as a violent confrontation inside an apartment in the 300 block of 1st Avenue North. Late that Monday morning, Birmingham police were called to the residence on a report of a shooting. When officers arrived, they found Washington inside with a gunshot wound. Birmingham Fire and Rescue took him to UAB Hospital, but he did not survive. In the first hours after the shoo
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