ABC News July 21, 2023

Reward up to $40,000 for information in mysterious shooting of Birmingham firefighters

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Police in Birmingham, Alabama, are urging the public to come forward with information as they continue their search for the gunman who shot two firefighters inside a fire station last week.

No motive is known, but authorities believe it was a targeted attack, a Birmingham police spokesman told ABC News on Friday.

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Police investigate the shooting of two firefighters at a fire station in Birmingham, Ala., July 12, 2023.
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Firefighters Jordan Melton and Jamal Jones were shot near the fire station's bay doors around 8:30 a.m. on July 12, according to police. They were among just three firefighters at the station at the time, police said.

Melton died from his injuries on July 17.

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Birmingham firefighter Jordan Melton was injured in a shooting on July 12, 2023, in Birmingham, Ala.

Jones suffered serious injuries in the shooting and "has a long road to recovery," police said on Friday.

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Birmingham firefighter Jamal Jones was injured in a shooting on July 12, 2023, in Birmingham, Ala.
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Police said a reward up to $40,000 has been offered: $15,000 from Crime Stoppers, $10,000 from Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey and $15,000 from the U.S. Marshals and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.

"We're exhausting every resource to find answers and justice for Jordan's loved ones," Birmingham Mayor Randall Woodfin said in a statement earlier this week.

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Police respond to a firehouse where two firefighters were shot in Birmingham, Ala., July 12, 2023.

The funeral for Melton, who graduated from the recruit academy just one month ago, will be held on July 26.