{"id":9643,"date":"2025-10-23T10:02:00","date_gmt":"2025-10-23T10:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/?p=9643"},"modified":"2025-10-23T10:02:00","modified_gmt":"2025-10-23T10:02:00","slug":"bubbly-alabama-cheerleader-shot-at-bonfire-will-be-taken-off-life-support-organs-to-be-donated","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/?p=9643","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Bubbly\u2019 Alabama cheerleader shot at bonfire will be taken off life support, organs to be donated"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Kimber Mills, who is an 18-year-old senior at Cleveland High School in Alabama, was shot at a bonfire gathering in Pinson early on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>The incident arose at a wooded hangout called the Pit, and as per local media outlets, a 27-year-old man named Tyler Whitehead is said to have entered the area, harassed members of the group, and opened fire following a confrontation that broke out.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<div class=\"lazy lazy-hidden img-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy-loaded\" src=\"https:\/\/static.smalljoys.me\/2025\/10\/10256848_kimber-mills-promising-young-cheerleader-113922366_1761134598.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"792\" height=\"1023\" data-lazy-type=\"image\" data-src=\"https:\/\/static.smalljoys.me\/2025\/10\/10256848_kimber-mills-promising-young-cheerleader-113922366_1761134598.jpg\" \/><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Mills suffered a serious brain trauma and was placed on life support. Medical staff concluded that there were no viable surgical options to restore meaningful brain function, as per sources.<\/p>\n<p>Her family decided to withdraw life support and proceed with organ donation, fulfilling Kimber\u2019s wish to assist others.\u00a0An Honor Walk was scheduled as she was transported for the donation surgery.\u00a0Three more people were wounded in this shooting.<\/p>\n<p>This includes a 21-year-old man, an 18-year-old man, and a 20-year-old woman.\u00a0Whitehead was arrested and initially charged with attempted murder of three victims.\u00a0Those charges could be upgraded after Kimber\u2019s death, sources shared.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<div class=\"lazy lazy-hidden img-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy-loaded\" src=\"https:\/\/static.smalljoys.me\/2025\/10\/10256848_kimber-mills-promising-young-cheerleader-113922362_1761134600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"578\" data-lazy-type=\"image\" data-src=\"https:\/\/static.smalljoys.me\/2025\/10\/10256848_kimber-mills-promising-young-cheerleader-113922362_1761134600.jpg\" \/><\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"font-size: 1.0625rem;\">The family has received immense love and support from the community and a GoFundMe has been opened up in her honor as loved ones united during this tragic time. Many say she will always be remembered for her loving, friendly, and bubbly nature.<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kimber Mills, who is an 18-year-old senior at Cleveland High School in Alabama, was shot at a bonfire gathering in Pinson early on Sunday. The incident arose at a wooded hangout called the Pit, and as per local media outlets, a 27-year-old man named Tyler Whitehead is said to have entered the area, harassed members&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/albotips.com\/?p=9643\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;\u2018Bubbly\u2019 Alabama cheerleader shot at bonfire will be taken off life support, organs to be donated&rdquo;<\/span> &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9644,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9643","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9643","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9643"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9643\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9645,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9643\/revisions\/9645"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/9644"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9643"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9643"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9643"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}