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Police: 2 men dead in 'cold, calculated' shooting in Alabama

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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) -- Police in Alabama are investigating after two men were found shot to death inside a home. Local news outlets report the Jefferson County Coroner 's Office identified the men, found early Wednesday , as 20-year-old DeJohn Lewis Williams and 22-year-old Dante Lanier Hall . Williams lived in the home where the killings took place. Birmingham police Lt . Sean Edwards says police responded around 1 a.m. Wednesday to a home in Birmingham's Powderly community after neighbors reported hearing gunshots . Officers found Williams and Hall each dead from a single gunshot wound . Edwards says there was a small amount of drugs and drug paraphernalia inside the home. He called the incident a "cold and calculated shooting." The investigation is ongoing.

Birmingham teen dies 4 days after accidental shooting

A Birmingham teen who police said was accidentally shot in the face one week ago has died. The Jefferson County Coroner 's Office on Monday identified the victim as Antonio D. Foster. He was 16. The shooting happened Aug . 15 inside an apartment in the Tom Brown Village housing authority .  Police received a call from the 4100 block of Messer Airport Highway about the teen victim around 10:39 p.m. Birmingham police Lt . Sean Edwards that night said it appeared the teen accidentally shot himself. Authorities on Monday said two young men, including Antonio, were handling the weapon and it was not definitive whose hands the gun was in when it fired. Antonio was taken to Children's of Alabama where he was pronounced dead at 6:40 p.m. Saturday. The investigation is ongoing. This story will be updated if more information becomes available.

Child shot in hand, man shot in leg during Center Point robbery

A child was shot in the hand and a man was shot in the leg during a robbery that turned into a shooting in Center Point on Monday evening. Lt. Sean Edwards said Birmingham police received a call around 8 p.m. about a man being robbed at Valley Brook Apartments on Gallant Drive. A child was shot in the hand during the altercation, Edwards said. The child, who is under the age of 10, is being treated for non- life threatening injuries . A man was shot in the leg at a Citgo gas station located in the 3100 block of Center Point Parkway . Edwards confirmed that the male is one of the parties involved in the robbery. The gas station is about a two-minute drive away from the scene of the robbery. No arrests have been made in the case yet. Additional information has not been released at this time.