Students mourn loss of 2 classmates who were shot to death

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) – Officials at a high school near Birmingham say grief counselors would be available Tuesday to help students deal with the loss of two 16-year-old classmates who were shot to death over the weekend.

Al.com reports that one of the teens – Jeremiah Collier of Forestdale – was found in the passenger seat of a car that had crashed into a house in a west Birmingham neighborhood Sunday night.

Sgt. Rod Mauldin said officers found the other teen – Todd Lorenzo Johnson Jr. of Adamsville – about two blocks away. Detectives believe both had been in the vehicle and were shot, and that Collier ran two blocks before collapsing.

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2/22/2022 8:08:12 AM (GMT -6:00)