On December 25, 2021, at approximately 11:00 a.m., Birmingham Police Department officers responded to a report of a shooting at 25 40th Street West in Birmingham, Alabama. Upon arrival, they discovered 42-year-old Raymond Cotton Jr. lying unresponsive on the front porch, suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. Emergency medical personnel transported him to UAB Hospital, where he succumbed to his injuries.
Preliminary investigations indicated that Cotton was approaching the front porch w
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