Alabama officials offer $125,000 in rewards for tips in shootings of 5 children

Authorities in Alabama are offering a $125,000 reward to find the suspects who shot five children in the area.

Authorities in Alabama are offering $125,000 for information leading to arrests in five separate shootings of young children. Six children younger than 10 years old have been shot in Birmingham so far this year, and only one related arrest has been made, Mayor Randall Woodfin said at a press conference. Five of those shootings took place from February to May, and one resulted in the death of a 2-year-old boy, officials said. Woodfin, along with city and local faith leaders, announced the $125,000 Gun Violence Against Children Fund on Tuesday -- Crime Stoppers will administer the fund and pay $25,000 rewards for tips that lead to arrests in each of the cases.