BIRMINGHAM, Ala ( WIAT ) — Birmingham City School leaders and the community are grieving the loss of a Jackson Olin High School student.
Gerald Lomax Jr. was shot Tuesday night and died the following day . There have been no arrests in the shooting.
School officials say they are heartbroken and devastated. Over the next few days, the school will have their crisis management team ready to help both students and staff who knew him.
“A life of so much promise has been stricken down far too soon,” said Birmingham City School Board President Jason Meadows.
Lomax is not just being remembered as a 17-year-old football player at Jackson-Olin High School, but as an outstanding student with so much potential.
“He was a young man who cared about others,” said Meadows.
Meadows said the school’s crisis management team has been speaking to both students and staff following the news of Lomax’s passing Wednesday.
“Those who are closely connected to Mr. Lomax, they are devastated,” said Meadows