Me: “Can you tell me what the meter is registered to?”
Water Company: “Unit 4.”
Me: “And what does that meter actually supply?”
Water Company: “Let me check the service notes.”
Me: “Sure.”
Water Company: “That’s interesting.”
Me: “What?”
Water Company: “There are multiple service connections associated with this meter.”
Me: “Multiple?”
Water Company: “Yes.”
Me: “How many?”
Water Company: “Three.”
Me: “Three?”
Water Company: “According to the records.”
Me: “What are they?”
Water Company: “Unit 4.”
Me: “That’s mine.”
Water Company: “The laundry room.”
Me: “Okay.”
Water Company: “And the common-area bathrooms.”
Mayor @randallwoodfin has called for a 4 p.m. vigil today in memory of 3-year-old Kamille “Cupcake’’ McKinney. Join us in Linn Park in front of City Hall.
Tonight, Birmingham, we mourn as one. Uplift this family. Uplift your own families. Hold your loved ones a little tighter.
And to the family of Kamille, know that your pain, your anger, and your many questions will not be ignored. Your cries for help will not go unanswered.
But tonight, right now, at this moment, I ask one thing of this community. Not to take sides. Not to finger-point. I ask every member of the 99 neighborhoods that makes up our city to stand in solidarity beside this broken family. Now, more than ever, this family needs us.
Tonight, we're a city in mourning.
Kamille Mckinney is gone. Ripped away from her family. The pain her family is enduring right now is unimaginable.
Know that whomever perpetrated this crime will be brought to justice and will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.