Five-year-old boy shot and killed while getting hair cut, say Alabama police

Brandon Jamal Nation III was reportedly fatally shot in a Bessemer home on Sunday and his barber, also shot, was taken to a hospital

A five-year-old boy was killed when someone shot into a home where he was getting his hair cut, according to Alabama police.

The shooting happened at about 10am on Sunday in Bessemer. The child was identified as Brandon Jamal Nation III, of Fairfield, according to the Jefferson county coroner’s office.

Police told news outlets that Nation’s mother had taken the child to the home to get his hair cut when someone outside began shooting into the home.

“It’s terrible,’’ detective Justin Burmeister of Bessemer police told al.com. “Our thoughts are with the family during this incredibly challenging time.”

A man inside the home, identified as the boy’s barber but not by name, was shot and taken to a hospital. His condition was not immediately available.

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