In Memory

Isaiah Johnson - Class Of 2018

A young man died in the middle of a downtown Birmingham street Tuesday afternoon, despite intense efforts by Birmingham police officers to save him.

The shooting happened about 2:50 p.m. on Second Avenue South at 18th Street. in front of the Railroad Square office building. The victim was 17-year-old Isaiah Johnson, and was there to exchange guns and buy an additional gun in a deal that was brokered on Facebook.

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