UPDATE: Aunt of 16 Year Old Birmingham Murder Suspect Says Teen Didn’t do it
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By Ian Philbrick
Executive Producer
Published: July 8, 2008
BIRMINGHAM: NBC13 HD News talked the Aunt of 16 year old murder suspect Pierre Smith. Tanyika Edwards says Smith, her nephew, was not the person who shot 4 people, killing 2 of them, last weekend. He faces capital murder charges, and is being held without bond in the killing of Willie Daniels and Jason Showers. Police say security threw Smith out of Banana Joe’s in 5 Points South for fighting Saturday morning around 3:30am.
Edwards says her nephew, was injured in a fight at the club, but says police told her he was injured, and they were taking him to the hospital.
Click on the video player to hear more from Edwards; including what Smith was like as a child, why he was out so late, and her thoughts on the families of the victims.
Stay with NBC13 HD News for the latest on this developing story.
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Posted by ( Beal ) on July 08, 2008 at 10:33 pm
If there is a video of the shooting in the parking lot and the shooter is Smith, then he needs to tried and sentenced for capital murder.
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