Sam Slaughter’s father described his injured son and late high school senior Brandon Campbell as “two peas in a pod”
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- An Alabama community is in mourning after one teen was killed and another was injured in a shooting that saw five people arrested
- High school student Brandon Campbell, 18, was killed, and his longtime best friend, Sam Slaughter, 17, was injured in the shooting, which took place on Jan. 10 in Birmingham
- Slaughter’s father described the two teenage boys as “two peas in a pod”
An Alabama community is in mourning after one teen was killed and another was injured in a shooting that saw five people arrested.
According to AL.com, WBRC and CBS 42, 18-year-old high school student Brandon Campbell was killed, and his longtime best friend, 17-year-old Sam Slaughter, was injured in the shooting, which took place on Saturday, Jan. 10, on Birmingham’s Tuscaloosa Avenue.
The two friends were in their car at the time of the shooting, and police found them after they had crashed into a tree. AL.com reported that Campbell was able to drive away after the suspects opened fire into their vehicle, but then crashed a short time later while trying to get to a family member for help…