James Looney was 16 and a student at Parker High School when he was shot and killed in Birmingham on December 2, 2019. The shooting happened around 3:00 a.m. on a sidewalk near Princeton Baptist Hospital and also left a 15-year-old girl, reported to be his girlfriend, critically injured with multiple gunshot wounds; she was taken to a children’s hospital.

Family remembered James as a very good kid who loved dancing. The killing occurred just before the Christmas holiday and devastated his family and community.

If anyone knew James, the injured girl, or witnessed the events that night, please come forward with information that could help bring answers.