2021 Birmingham homicides

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This is a List of Birmingham homicides in 2021. It includes homicide cases occurring within the city limits during the calendar year. Note that a "homicide" refers to the cause of death as determined by a medical examiner, not to the commission of the crime of murder as charged by police and prosecutors.

143 homicides were reported in the city during the year. Based on the 2021 census estimate of 197,575 population, that represents a homicide rate of 72.4 homicides per 100,000 residents. Birmingham had 125 homicides in 2020. That total approached the recent record high of 148 in 1992. The recent record low of 63 homicides was set in 2014.

The city averaged 11.9 homicides per month, or one every 2.6 days. There were 7 fatal incidents of violence in January, 8 in February, 7 in March, 14 in April, 15 in May, 15 in June, 8 in July, 12 in August, 12 in September, 10 in October, 16 in November and 18 in December. The longest stretch without a homicide was the 12-day span between January 20 and February 1. 26 deaths were reported on Sundays, 16 on Mondays, 18 on Tuesdays, 16 on Wednesdays, 18 on Thursdays, 16 on Fridays, and 33 on Saturdays.

Four homicides were police-involved shootings. 13 of the other reported homicides were ruled justifiable as self-defense by investigators or prosecutors, and seven resulted from reckless driving. The police department therefore acknowledged 119 chargeable homicides, 1 of which was charged as manslaughter. Suspects have been identified in 79 cases, arrested in 75 and charged in 61. One suspect in two homicides was shot to death by police and the suspect in another committed suicide. One other death that resulted from a shooting in Pinson was also investigated by Birmingham police. The department reported 59 unsolved homicide cases at year's end.

Convictions have been obtained in 4 cases, 1 of which was obtained by a plea to a lesser charge and another of which was reduced to a reckless manslaughter charge by a trial jury. 2 murder defendants were acquitted at trial. Charges against another suspect were dismissed pending a grand jury review.

122 deaths in 2021 resulted from shootings, 7 from reckless driving, 3 from blunt-force trauma, 2 from stabbing, 1 from strangulation, and 9 from unannounced causes. 42 incidents occurred at private homes, 14 at apartment complexes, 2 at motels, 3 at parks, 28 at businesses, and 50 on the streets. 56 were reported in the West Precinct, 52 in the East Precinct, 12 in the South Precinct and 23 in the North Precinct.

Nine homicides took place in apparent self defense, 15 are believed to have been domestic disputes, 23 followed verbal arguments, 3 took place during theft or robbery attempts, 7 resulted from reckless driving, 1 resulted from aggravated child abuse, and at least 40 appeared to be targeted killings. The motive is unknown in 45 deaths.

126 victims were male and 17 were female. Three were small children.

Listing by date

  1. January 1: Carl Joseph Miserendino III, 35, was found dead on the side of a house on the 4000 block of 40th Avenue North in Inglenook. Isaiah Williams White was charged with capital murder. He was captured in Fort Lauderdale, Florida in January. Miserendino's car was also recovered in Florida. (report)
  2. January 2: Chong Ku Hwang, 56, known to be a transient, was found dead in the southern part of Linn Park in Central City. No arrest. (report)
  3. January 3: Brian Keith Fleming, 52, was found shot to death on a walk near the apartment building at 2108 Warrior Road in Ensley Highlands. A 17-year-old suspect was charged with murder. (report)
  4. January 11: LaCorey Lashard McDonald, 31, died at St Vincent's East from wounds suffered in an assault in Zion City. No arrest. (report)
  5. January 17: Timothy Hall, 39, was found dead from gunshot wounds in a car abandoned behind the Shell gas station at 3833 East Lake Boulevard in Inglenook. The shooting occurred earlier on the 200 block of 62nd Street South in South Woodlawn. Lawrence Earl Eaton turned himself in to police. (report)
  6. January 18: Kenneth Buford, 47, was shot to death while driving on the 1400 block of Bankhead Highway in Thomas. The suspects were reported to have fired from a pickup truck. No arrest. (report)
  7. January 20: Eusi Malik Kater Jr, 21, died from gunshot wounds suffered during a shootout with police on the 600 block of Center Place Southwest in South Titusville. The incident was reviewed by the Alabama State Bureau of Investigation and the Jefferson County District Attorney’s Office determined it to have been justified. (report)
  8. February 1: Eula Mae Moore, 75, and her son Derrick Cornell Moore, 54, were found shot to death in the elder Moore's home at 1481 Edwards Street in Dolomite. She was presumed a victim of homicide, while the son's death was ruled a suicide. (report)
  9. February 4: Edward Dee "E. J.' Stewart III, 33, was shot to death at the Anchor Motel at 8420 1st Avenue North in North East Lake. James Harrison was arrested and charged with murder. (report)
  10. February 4: Major Turner, 2, died at Children's Hospital from a gunshot wound suffered at his home in the Kimbrough Homes public housing community on the 2900 block of John Bryan Road in Wenonah. His mother was also wounded by gunshots, which came from outside the apartment. Rewards for information leading to an arrest topped $25,000. Clearance "Bo Peep" Speed Jr, who was arrested for the 2022 murder of Richard Spence, was subsequently also charged with capital murder in Turner's death, and indicted on those charges in June 2022. In February 2022 Speed was also arrested and charged with federal crimes relating to an alleged carjacking in March 2021. (report)
  11. February 6: Carlos Mines, 26, was shot to death while in a car near Birmingham Fire Station No. 18 at 200 Dugan Avenue in North Pratt. A person of interest was taken into custody at the scene for questioning, but no arrests have been made. (report)
  12. February 7: Ladarius Bloxom, 30, was shot to death during a robbery at the Valley Brook Apartments on the 2900 block of Gallant Drive in Apple Valley. Ladarius Hayes was arrested and charged with capital murder. (report)
  13. February 17: Ogle Terrance Avery, 40, was found shot to death following an altercation at the Shell gas station at 800 3rd Avenue West in Bush Hills. Quarmica Lashun Colley was arrested and charged with murder. (report)
  14. February 20: LaTeshia Danner, 33, died at UAB Hospital from gunshot wounds suffered in the parking lot of Eastmont Villa apartments at 7521–7529 2nd Avenue North in Wahouma. Her boyfriend, Leonard Charles Tolbert, was arrested and charged with murder. (report)
  15. February 25: Detraio Deshawn "Tra" Whorton, 27, was shot to death while in a car in the parking lot of Zing's Custom Car Wash at 8610 1st Avenue North in North East Lake. Investigators determined that he initiated an altercation with an acquaintance, and that the shooting was justified. (report)
  16. March 4: Terrance Jerome Hardy, 39, was found dead from a gunshot wound in a burning apartment on the 100 block of Wood Station Place in South Woodlawn. Iesa Collins was arrested indicted for murder, abuse of a corpse and arson. Jatavius Jamar Foster was indicted for corpse abuse and arson. (report)
  17. March 12: Robert Henry Goodgame, 41, was found shot to death in an apartment at 962 53rd Street North in Woodlawn. No arrest. (report)
  18. March 13: Levert Mickens, 63, was found shot to death after an altercation at the porch of a boarding house he operated in the 500 block of St Charles Avenue Southwest in Arlington-West End. A suspect has been charged. (report)
  19. March 19: Lazonathan Rhodes, 25, died at UAB Hospital from a gunshot suffered during an altercation outside the City Gear and Hibbett Sports stores at Roebuck Plaza. Another person was injured. Ja'Marcus Jordan was arrested in April and charged with murder. Additional charges are expected related to guns and narcotics found at his home. (report)
  20. March 21: Brandy Lee Moore Ballard, 52, was killed when her Ford Focus was struck head-on by a Chevrolet Camaro on the the 800 block of Arkadelphia Road on the Bush Hills / College Hills border. Investigators determined that Carmesia Flannigan, the driver of the Camaro, who left the scene, was engaged in a street race at the time of the collision. She was arrested and charged with murder, leaving the scene of an accident with injury, and unlawful possession of a controlled substance. She was released on bond, but her bond from earlier cases was subsequently revoked, and she was re-arrested by US Marshals in Atlanta, Georgia on April 6. Flannigan was convicted of reckless manslaughter in September 2022 and sentenced by Judge Teresa Pulliam to 17 years in prison. The charges for possession and leaving the scene were dismissed. (report)
  21. March 21: Montrell Fredriskgus Holloway, 29, was found dead from a gunshot wound at the Alameda Terrace Apartments on the 1600 block of Alameda Court Southwest in West End Manor. Chelsie Jones was arrested and charged with capital murder. (report)
  22. March 30: Ju'Braun Leonard Wright, 27, was found shot to death outside a car on the 1600 block of 13th Avenue North in Fountain Heights. Investigators determined that the shooting was justified and filed no criminal charges. (report)
  23. April 1: Louis Bryant, 44, was shot to death in an apparent domestic dispute at a home at 1516 Vanderbilt Road in Collegeville. Jasmine Mari Drake was taken into custody at the scene and later charged with capital murder. (report)
  24. April 4: Areyelle Meishaun Yarbrough, 32, died from a gunshot wound to the head suffered when a fight broke out during an Easter Sunday gathering at W. C. Patton Park in North Avondale. The incident has been attributed to a local street gang known as H2K (for "Hard To Kill"). No arrest. A $30,000 reward has been offered for information. (report)
  25. April 5: Desmon Montez Ray Jr, 28, died at UAB Hospital from a gunshot injury suffered during a Sunday night confrontation with Birmingham Police officers. Ray emerged from a suspect car that crashed into a fence on the 200 block of 9th Avenue West in College Hills, after fleeing the scene of a reported domestic violence incident. He was holding a handgun and fired a shot before police returned fire. The Alabama State Bureau of Investigation reviewed the circumstances of the fatal police shooting and the Jefferson County District Attorney’s Office determined it to have been justified. (report)
  26. April 5: Travio Ollison, 19, was shot to death while attempting to help settle a domestic dispute on the 1900 block of Druid Hill Drive in Evergreen. Investigators determined that the shooting was justifiable as self-defense and filed no criminal charges. (report)
  27. April 6: Franardo Armondo Moore, 36, was found shot to death on the 2500 block of 13th Avenue North in Druid Hills. An arrest was made. (report)
  28. April 7: Howard Edward Johnson III, 29, was shot to death during a domestic argument at a home on the 800 block of Avenue G in Ensley. Raymond Akins was taken into custody at the scene and charged with murder. He was acquitted at trial in August 2023 (report)
  29. April 7: Savion Tyrell Isabell, 16, was found shot to death in a home on the 3600 block of 40th Street North in Inglenook after a drive-by assault. No arrest. (report)
  30. April 9: Tyrone King, 29, a Birmingham Water Works worker, was killed in a drive-by shooting while driving a utility truck at the Eastwood Village shopping center in Eastwood. No arrest. (report)
  31. April 10: Rodriquez Valides Holt, 44, was found shot to death following an altercation at a "shot house" at 2722 Avenue J Ensley, near Ensley Park in Ensley. A suspect has been charged. (report)
  32. April 17: Robert Lee Johnson, 64, died in home hospice care, four weeks after suffering blunt force trauma in a dispute at a relative's home on the 1100 block of Penfield Drive in Penfield Park. Johnson's death is being investigated as a homicide, but no arrests have been announced. (report)
  33. April 18: Jermaine Demarico Johnson, 48, was found shot to death in the living room of his home at Autumn Chase apartments on Chase Lane Northeast in Apple Valley. Donna Wilburn Johnson was taken into custody at the scene and later charged with murder. (report)
  34. April 18: Tyree Marcell Brown, 18, was shot to death at Wilson’s Grocery Store at 1200 Five Mile Road in Killough Springs. The shots are believed to have come from a car outside the store. No arrest. (report)
  35. April 29: Robert Thomas Dickson Jr, 39, and another man were found shot to death in a car at at 512 10th Avenue West in College Hills. No arrest. (report)
  36. April 29: Olanders Earl Spencer, 40, was killed in the same incident.
  37. May 2: Eric Tyler Sledge Jr, 27, was shot to death on the 1100 block of 20th Street South in Five Points South after an earlier altercation at a bar. Larry Denzel Rollins was arrested and charged with murder. He pleaded not guilty by reason of self defense and was acquitted at trial before Judge Michael Streety in 2024. (report)
  38. May 5: Perry Lee Mixon, 62, was found shot to death in a parking lot on the 800 block of 46th Street North in Kingston. No arrest. (report)
  39. May 9: Demonteco Usher, 19, was found shot to death at 6709 Interlaken Avenue in Gate City. Demontae Austin was arrested in July and charged with his murder. The charge was confirmed by a grand jury indictment in December. Austin was convicted at trial in February 2023. (report)
  40. May 12: Keith "Big Keith" Hardy, 29, was found shot to death in a car in the parking lot of the Monarch Ridge Apartments on the 2900 block of Gallant Drive in Apple Valley. Investigators determined that Hardy had exchanged words with someone in a silver SUV, and had been shot while attempting to drive away. During the investigation, several fights broke out among onlookers and police locked down the complex for part of the morning. Two persons were taken into custody for questioning at the scene. Quanderiu Montez Sanders was arrested and charged with capital murder. (report)
  41. May 12: James Williams, 17, was shot to death in a drive-by at while waiting for a friend in a courtyard at the Marland Apartments at 2737 Jefferson Avenue Southwest. No arrest. (report)
  42. May 13: Jonathan Hunter Martin, 31, died from injuries suffered when the SUV he was riding in struck an 18-wheeler parked on the shoulder of I-59/20 between Arkadelphia Road and Bush Boulevard at the border of the Thomas and Bush Hills neighborhoods. The driver of the SUV, Andrew Michael Hogeland, was determined to have been driving recklessly and under the influence. He was charged in December with reckless murder and possession of a controlled substance. (report)
  43. May 15: Albert Lamar Griffin Jr, 21, was pronounced dead at a hospital from gunshot wounds suffered in an assault in his home at 2623 Avenue S Ensley in Ensley Highlands. Jessie James Jones, an acquaintance of Griffin's, was arrested in June and charged with murder. (report)
  44. May 15: Jaishunte Ladarus Browning, 20, was found wounded in a small red car near the intersection of 29th Street Ensley and Avenue Z in Fairview . He was taken to Princeton Baptist Medical Center where he was pronounced dead. An altercation took place before the shooting. Emmanuel Ke'Onta Davis was arrested and charged with capital murder. He was indicted on that charge in November. (report)
  45. May 16: Courtney Jan "Coco" Ashley, 35, was pronounced dead at UAB Hospital from gunshot wounds suffered while she was walking her dog at the intersection of 10th Avenue South and Richard Arrington Jr Boulevard South near Brother Bryan Park in Five Points South. Brian Timothy Dunn, her ex-boyfriend, was identified as a suspect. He was shot to death in an exchange of fire with police at his apartment later the same day. Ashley's dog was recovered later and returned to her family. (report)
  46. May 16: Brian Anthony Adkins, 34, identified by bystanders as a transient often seen in the area, was shot to death in the same incident. (report)
  47. May 16: Brian Timothy Dunne, 39, a suspect in the shootings at Brother Bryan Park, was shot to death after firing at Birmingham Police SWAT team officers executing an arrest warrant at his home at the Warwick Terrace Apartments at 1010 18th Street South in Five Points South. Two officers were wounded. The Alabama Law Enforcement Agencys State Bureau of Investigation reviewed the officer-involved shooting and the Jefferson County District Attorney’s Office determined it to have been justified. (report)
  48. May 17: Tavarius Hampton, 25, was shot to death during a confrontation outside a house on the 7800 block of 6th Avenue South in South East Lake. Two people were taken into custody for questioning. Investigators determined that the shooting was justified and no charges were filed. (report)
  49. May 20: Bertin Rodriguez Molina, 40, died at UAB Hospital from injuries suffered when he was struck by a car while walking on the 1100 block of 3rd Avenue West four days earlier. The driver fled the scene. No arrest. (report)
  50. May 21: Rondarius Oji Bryant, 30, died at UAB Hospital from gunshot wounds suffered the night before outside King's Foods at 1528 Warrior Road. Witnesses say he was caught in crossfire between two shooters. No arrest. (report)
  51. May 28: Robert Jonathan Roy, 41, died at UAB Hospital from a gunshot wound suffered during an attempted theft at the Chevron gas station at 2301 Ensley Five Points West Avenue in Ensley Highlands the previous day. John David Johnson was arrested in July and charged with capital murder. (report)
  52. June 1: Desmon Antwuan McGuire, 17, was fatally wounded at Avenue O and 20th Place, in the Tuxedo Terrace housing community in Ensley's Tuxedo neighborhood. He is believed to have been struck by a shot fired from a vehicle. No arrest. McGuire's father, Brandon, was the victim of a 2009 homicide. (report)
  53. June 5: Joseph Demetrice Robinson, 25, was one of two men shot to death in an assault at the Circle K at 232 Roebuck Plaza Drive in Roebuck. Another male was wounded. Robinson's 1-year old son was in the car, but was uninjured. The suspected shooter, Antonio Shaw, was taken into custody nearby and charged with two counts of capital murder. He was indicted on those charges in November. (report)
  54. June 5: Rikki D'Unri Christopher Bynum, 27, was killed in the same incident.
  55. June 10: Earnest Moody Jr, 33, was shot to death in a drive-by shooting at an apartment complex on the 1900 block of 14th Avenue North in Druid Hills. Deandre Brantley surrendered to police and was charged with capital murder. That charge was affirmed by a grand jury in November. (report)
  56. June 12: Claude Alamin Jones, 20, was shot to death while riding a bicycle on the 100 block of Center Street South in South Titusville. Martez Dejuan James was arrested in October and charged with capital murder. (report)
  57. June 12: Sheila Chantel Johnson, 27, died at UAB Hospital from injuries suffered in a May 22 vehicle-to-vehicle shooting on the 8300 block of 1st Avenue North in North East Lake. The driver and one of three children in the car were also injured by gunfire. No arrest. (report)
  58. June 12: Aisha Lacarol Johnson, 30, died after her SUV was struck by a car on I-65 northbound near the 4th Avenue South exit. Investigators believe that the driver of the car, Jimmaris Lamar Cooks, was under the influence of alcohol. He was arrested in February 2022 and charged with criminally negligent homicide. (report)
  59. June 14: Lykeria Briana Taylor, 21, died at UAB Hospital from injuries suffered in a vehicle-to-vehicle shooting at the intersection of Avenue V Ensley and Warrior Road at Central Park/Ensley Highlands, shortly after leaving Euphoria Sports Bar & Hookah Lounge where a shooting had taken place earlier. No arrest. (report)
  60. June 14: Anthony Bernard Jackson Jr, 43, was found shot to death in a pickup truck on the 1500 block of 29th Street Ensley. It was reported that the shooter pulled up behind Jackson in a silver SUV, got out and shot him multiple times, then drove off. Darric Hall was arrested and charged with capital murder. He pleaded guilty to felony murder and was sentenced by Judge Michael Streety to 20 years in prison. (report)
  61. June 14: Clint Blake Dean, 31, was shot to death during a domestic argument at a house on the 900 block of 47th Place North in Woodlawn. No arrest. (report)
  62. June 14: Armonda Contreras, 43, was shot to death by Birmingham Police officers during a violent altercation at the El Girasol taqueria and tienda at 8506 1st Avenue North in North East Lake. Contreras fled into the business after police attempted to pull him over for driving on the wrong side of the road. He threw bottles and wrested a taser away from officers before he was shot. The incident is being reviewed by the Alabama State Bureau of Investigation. (report)
  63. June 15: Carlester Blue, 68, died at UAB Hospital after suffering blunt force trauma in an assault at the Cherry Avenue Citgo at 501 Forestdale Boulevard in Smithfield Estates. No arrest. (report)
  64. June 19: Josiah Bryant, 22, was shot to death at Hatcher’s Auto Transmission Center at 543 Tuscaloosa Avenue Southwest. The shooting is presumed to have been justified as he was struck while exchanging gunfire with an employee during an attempted robbery. (report)
  65. June 23: Jajuan Marquis Tanniehill, 20, was found shot to death at The Onyx at 600 apartments on Earline Circle in the Spring Lake neighborhood. No arrest. (report)
  66. June 29: Dentarius Maurice Jackson, 20, died at UAB Hospital from gunshot wounds suffered the previous night at the Chevron gas station at 8730 1st Avenue North. Investigators believe the dispute began at the nearby The Ridge at Crestwood apartments, and was continued at the gas station. Roderick Lynn Patterson and Devon Perkins-Jones were arrested and charged with murder and attempted murder. (report)
  67. July 8: Bennie Harris III, 47, was found dead in his burning home on the 3700 block of Todd Avenue Southwest in Grasselli Heights. Investigators reported signs of foul play. No arrest. (report)
  68. July 10: Kadarius Khalil Kyneard, 23, was killed in a shootout on the 4400 block of Willard Avenue Southwest in Hillman. Two others were injured by gunshot. Investigators determined that the fatal shots were fired in self defense and filed no criminal charges. (report)
  69. July 12: Sergio Hernandez Leiva, 28, was shot to death in his front yard near the intersection of 85th Street and 3rd Avenue North in North East Lake as he was leaving for work. No arrest. (report)
  70. July 17: Treven Williams was found shot to death in the parking lot of the Eastmont Plaza apartments at 7601 2nd Avenue North in Wahouma. A 17-year-old suspect was arrested and charged with capital murder. (report)
  71. July 18: Bryant Terrell Myers, 40, was shot to death at his car in the parking lot of Spur Groceries at 945 Pike Road in Belview Heights. The shooter fled in another vehicle. No arrest. (report)
  72. July 19: Lapez Reddrick, 47, was found mortally wounded at a home on the 900 block of Erie Street in Wylam after an argument with an unidentified man. At least one child in the house was unharmed. No arrest. (report)
  73. July 20: Raylee Allen, 11 months, was shot to death at her home at The Branch at Carson Springs apartments at 1820 Carson Road in Echo Highlands during a reported domestic disturbance. Her father is believed to have been the shooter, though he has not been charged. His bond from a previous charge was revoked. (report)
  74. July 25: Briona Leshay Groom, 27, died at UAB Hospital from injuries suffered when she was shot on her way to work, on the 3900 block of 39th Court North in Inglenook on June 4. She was found in her crashed car at 4601 Eastlake Boulevard. She told a 911 dispatcher that she knew the shooter, but did not identify them before losing consciousness. (report)
  75. August 3: Clifford Grayson Jr, 27, was found shot to death in a car at the Shell gas station at 3833 East Lake Boulevard in Inglenook following an argument. Investigators concluded that the shooting was justified as self defense and filed no criminal charges. (report)
  76. August 5: Ellis Lewis Embry, 66, was one of two people found shot to death in a house on the 1000 block of 42nd Place North in Kingston. No arrest. (report)
  77. August 5: Timothy Lashawn Erby, 49, was found shot to death at the same house.
  78. August 8: Deandre Keon Howard, 37, was shot to death following an argument outside the Empire Gentlemen's Club at 100 3rd Avenue North in Smithfield. The shooter fled the scene on foot. No arrest. (report)
  79. August 8: Le'Briel Davis, 15, was pronounced dead at Princeton Baptist Medical Center from gunshot wounds suffered in an assault on the 700 block of 3rd Avenue West in Graymont. No arrest. (report)
  80. August 17: Marcus Leroy Williams, 23, was shot and killed by a motorist in a disabled vehicle on the 2500 block of 7th Avenue North. The shooter claimed Williams was naked and behaving erratically when he approached the vehicle and opened the door. The Jefferson County District Attorney's Office made a determination that the shooting was justified as self-defense and declined to prosecute. (report)
  81. August 17: Hernado Retion McJunkins, 39, was shot to death outside the King's Inn at 1313 3rd Avenue North in Fountain Heights. Dexter Eaton Jr and Christopher Garcia Spencer were arrested and charged with murder. Spencer was convicted before Judge Kandice Pickett in April 2023 and sentenced to life in prison with the possibility of parole. (report)
  82. August 19: Justin Deon Wade, 22, died at UAB Hospital from the gunshot wound suffered after a verbal altercation outside a residence at 526 Beacon Crest Circle in the Valora at Homewood apartments in Glen Iris. Mario Jamal Primm was arrested the next day. He was indicted for murder by a grand jury in March 2022. (report)
  83. August 24: Bryce Landrus Berry, 26, was found shot to death in a parking lot on the 1100 block of Princeton Avenue Southwest. Ladarius Devon Johnson was arrested and charged with capital murder. (report)
  84. August 25: Earnest Tremaine Porter-Smith, 35, was found stabbed to death on the 6200 block of 2nd Avenue South in South Woodlawn following a fight over a woman. Reginald Lamont Wheeler was arrested and charged with murder. (report)
  85. August 25: Kevin Lemond Devose, 47, was killed in an apparently targeted shooting as he stepped inside the Smart Food Mart at 900 20th Street Ensley. Marquise Terell Taylor was arrested in October and charged with murder. (report)
  86. August 28: Artez Lamont "A. J." McGowan Jr, 21, was killed in a drive-by shooting on the 500 block of Avenue G Pratt in Central Pratt. Cadaryus JaJuan Jones was arrested and charged with capital murder. (report)
  87. September 1: Misty Dawn Davis-Beasley, 42, was found dead on the 6300 block of 5th Avenue South in Oak Ridge Park. In October it was reported her death is being investigated as a homicide. No arrest. (report)
  88. September 4: Cornelius Ja'Shawn Hilliard, 21, was shot to death in a gunfight in the Superior For Men store at Roebuck Plaza shopping center. One other man was killed and two wounded. Four suspects fled in a vehicle and led police on a chase into Tarrant before the car fell into a walled drainage ditch near the intersection of Tarrant-Huffman Road and Linthicum Street. Two, Jureil D. Dowdell and Dcoreyonne Hall, were charged with murder. Hall, the shooter, was convicted at trial before Judge Kandice Pickett in January 2024 and sentenced to 40 years in prison. Dowdell's trial is scheduled for April 2024. (report)
  89. September 4: Reginald Curtis Crawford Jr, 26, was killed in the same incident. The shooting that caused Crawford's death was ruled justifiable.
  90. September 10: Leroy Earl Sumlin, 45, was found shot to death in a car which struck an apartment on the 200 block of 4th Court West in the Elyton Village public housing community in Graymont. No arrest. (report)
  91. September 13: Tyrese Jamal Vault, 27, was found shot to death in the passenger seat of a vehicle stopped on the 2400 block of 4th Avenue South in Southside. A second person was injured by gunfire. No arrests. (report)
  92. September 16: Christopher Diltz, 33, was found stabbed to death in a burning house on the 4500 block of 11th Avenue North in Kingston. No arrest. (report)
  93. September 22: Ahmad Rash Cockrell, 21, was shot to death and another person wounded in an altercation at an apartment on the 900 block of 44th Place North in the Morton Simpson Homes public housing project in Kingston. Prosecutors determined that the shooting was justified and filed no criminal charges. (report)
  94. September 23: Euriticulus DeShawn Williams, 33, a member of a work crew picking up litter on I-59, was struck and killed by a FedEx delivery vehicle on the southbound lanes near Roebuck Parkway in Roebuck Springs-South Roebuck. The driver left the scene, but was apprehended nearby. No charges have been announced. (report)
  95. September 24: Ashley Canty, 28, died from gunshot wounds suffered a week earlier. She was found in a wrecked car on the 2800 block of Norwood Boulevard. No arrest. (report)
  96. September 25: Marion Reynolds, 61, was found shot to death, apparently struck while walking his dog on the 3900 block of Mineral Avenue Southwest in Industrial Center. No arrest. (report)
  97. September 25: Jahshua Almond Rogers, 26, was found shot to death outside a vehicle stopped at a small apartment building on Dugan Avenue in North Pratt. Koreon Daisean Johnson is believed to have targeted and ambushed Rogers. He was arrested in April 2022 and charged with capital murder. (report)
  98. September 30: Charles Melvin Peterson, 72, was found shot to death in his apartment at 4705 Kingston Avenue in Kingston. No arrest. (report)
  99. October 1: Richard Lee Samuels, 29, was shot to death at the Chevron at 1800 31st Street Southwest in Jones Valley. No arrest. (report)
  100. October 10: Christian Deon Raspberry, 20, was shot to death while driving near the 4100 block of 42nd Street North in Inglenook. Three persons of interest were taken into custody, but no charges have been announced. (report)
  101. October 12: Nia Peoples, 30, was found dead in the front yard of a home on the 1600 block of 8th Avenue West in Bush Hills, collapsing shortly after getting out of a black SUV. No arrest. (report)
  102. October 18: Deonta Sewayne Pickett, 40, was found shot to death in a vehicle parked on the 1300 block of 44th Street North in Kingston. No arrest. (report)
  103. October 19: Roderick Tavares Chester Jr, 24, was found shot to death in a vehicle on the 6700 block of Kimberly Avenue in the Marks Village public housing community in Gate City. A woman and child in the car suffered minor injuries. The shooting is believed to have taken place nearby on Joppa Avenue. Surveillance video collected by the Birmingham Police Real Time Crime Center helped to identify potential witnesses and a suspect vehicle. Jailyn Andarius Bragg was arrested and charged with murder. (report)
  104. October 24: Kwesi Barham, 18, was found shot to death on the the 1700 block of 87th Street North in Airport Highlands. No arrest. (report)
  105. October 24: Romeo Leland Bryant, 23, was shot to death in a parking lot at the Vida on Valley apartments in Glen Iris. The suspected shooter, Joshua Casey Wilson, called police and remained on the scene. He was subsequently charged with manslaughter. (report)
  106. October 27: Charles Sylvester Stewart Sr, 60, was shot to death during a domestic argument at his home on the 1600 block of 51st Street Ensley in the Central Park neighborhood. His son, Charles Stewart Jr, was arrested and charged with reckless murder. (report)
  107. October 29: Malik Tyree Sutton, 25, was found shot to death in a driveway near the 4200 block of Avenue L in Belview Heights. Eren Jermar Johnson was arrested in January 2022 and charged with capital murder. Johnson is believed to have shot Sutton in the course of a robbery. (report)
  108. October 29: Justin Rasha Lee, 34, was found shot to death behind the wheel of a car stopped on the 2700 block of 17th Avenue North in Norwood. The shooting is believed to have been precipitated by a verbal argument. Dennis Andre Manning and his nephew Mario Jerome Manning were arrested and charged with capital murder. (report)
  109. November 2: Kenneth Wayne Austin Jr, 26, died at UAB Hospital from gunshot wounds suffered on the 7300 block of 3rd Avenue North in Wahouma. Another person was injured in the shootout. No arrests. (report)
  110. November 3: Rodriquez Deion Robinson, 25, was found dead from a gunshot wound on the 3100 block of 43rd Avenue North in the North Birmingham Homes public housing community. The shooting was initially reported as accidental, but police are investigating and have taken a person of interest into custody. (report)
  111. November 6: Treymon Jenkins, 3 months, was found dead at his home on the 4500 block of 8th Terrace North in the Morton Simpson Homes public housing project. The death appeared to have been caused by blunt force trauma to the head. His mother, Jasmine Hutcherson, was arrested and charged with capital murder. (report)
  112. November 7: Jeremy Managan, 35, died at UAB Hospital from gunshot wounds suffered in a shootout that GMV Club at 1710 Avenue D in Ensley. Tavarus Rodricus Barnes and Tyran Lee Walker were arrested in February 2022 and charged with murder and attempted murder. (report)
  113. November 12: Anthony Murray, 22, was one of two people found shot to death in a vehicle on the 1100 block of 33rd Street Southwest in Germania Park. Two others were injured. Koreon Daisean Johnson, already in custody for the September 25 murder of Jahshua Rogers, was additionally charged with capital murder in April 2023. (report)
  114. November 12: Ronald Deshawn Smith Jr, 24, was killed in the same incident.
  115. November 17: Wallace David Fine, 67, was found shot to death on a bench at Avondale Park in Forest Park-South Avondale. Investigators initially suspected homicide as no gun was found, but other evidence has suggested possible suicide. (report)
  116. November 18: Robert Benson, 62, was struck and killed while walking on the sidewalk alongside the 100 block of 3rd Avenue West in Graymont. The suspect vehicle left the scene. No arrest. (report)
  117. November 22: Matthew Alexander Gelpin, 44, was shot to death during an argument outside Bates Auto Sales at 4229 Richard Arrington Jr Boulevard North in Kingston. A person of interest was detained for questioning, but the shooting was deemed justifiable and no charges were filed. (report)
  118. November 22: Eric J. Henderson, 26, was found strangled and bludgeoned to death in the kitchen pantry of a vacant unit at 14 Watertown Circle in the Watertown Lodge Apartments in Huffman. Elantra Bass, who had shared the apartment with him, was arrested and charged with his murder. (report)
  119. November 23: Michael Martez Johnson, 32, was shot to death in a vehicle on the 200 block of 3rd Avenue Southwest in North Titusville. A female in the same vehicle was also seriously injured. No arrest. (report)
  120. November 24: Donnie Edward Harris, 20, was shot to death during a reported domestic argument on the 3000 block of 30th Avenue North in Collegeville. A man had been charged with attempted murder, but no change in the charges against him was announced. Mercedes Jernae Bryant was arrested in March 2022 and charged with Harris' murder. (report)
  121. November 25: Patricia Joann Stisher, 41, died at UAB Hospital from injuries suffered in a domestic shooting while in a vehicle at the Marathon gas station at 3401 26th Street North on February 26. Richard Olds was arrested an initially charged with attempted murder. The charge was changed to capital murder after Stisher's death. (report)
  122. November 28: Donnika Renee Sills, 30, was shot to death on the the 100 block of 3rd Avenue North in Smithfield. It is presumed that she was caught in crossfire from another dispute which began on social media. Kaylin Landon Sparks was arrested and charged with capital murder. (report)
  123. November 30: Steve Austin Threatt, 53, was found dead from an apparent homicide in a burning apartment on the 1900 block of 15th Avenue South. Another male at the scene was taken into custody and later charged. (report)
  124. November 30: Arthur Lee Swift, 60, was found shot to death on the 2700 block of 29th Avenue North in North Birmingham. No arrest. (report)
  125. December 3: Dewayne Lenard Barnes, 28, was found shot to death on the 4100 block of Avenue M Ensley in Belview Heights. No arrest. (report)
  126. December 4: Melvin Foster Jr, 42, was found shot to death in the parking lot of the former Kirby Middle School at 1328 28th Street North in Norwood. No arrest. (report)
  127. December 4: Terrell Malik Young, 24, was shot to death in a house on the 3500 block of 17th Avenue North in Norwood. Three people were detained for questioning, but no charges have been announced. (report)
  128. December 4: Dwquawm Arthur Leon Roberson, 27, was found shot to death in a white sedan that crashed into a utility pole on the 8700 block of 7th Avenue North in East Lake. No arrest. (report)
  129. December 4: Mikael Rashad McCord Sr, 26, died at UAB Hospital after being found wounded by gunshot in a grassy area near the 1000 block of Elm Street Southwest near Alameda Terrace Apartments in West End Manor. No arrest. (report)
  130. December 5: Da'Ontay Dawon Jarrett, 30, was shot to death in the parking lot of the Adona Apartments on the 900 block of Aspen Drive in Glen Iris. No arrest. (report)
  131. December 5: David Desmond, 17, was shot to death on the 400 block of Fulton Avenue Southwest in Arlington-West End. Daminyae Montreze Harris was arrested and charged with murder. (report)
  132. December 6: Jona Renee McKenzie, 31, died at UAB Hospital from gunshot wounds suffered on the 800 block of 44th Street North in Kingston. Andrea Deshea Mason was arrested and charged with murder. (report)
  133. December 9: Jeremy Fidel Jackson, 18, was shot to death in an apartment at 956 Pike Road in Belview Heights. Laquandre Rashaud Kelly was arrested and charged with murder. (report)
  134. December 14: Cortney Woods, 22, was gunned down in an assault at the Shell gas station at 3833 East Lake Boulevard in Inglenook. Jakobie Deontay Smith was arrested and charged with capital murder in January 2022. In March Judge William Bell Jr dismissed the charges against Smith for lack of probable cause, pending consideration by a grand jury. (report)
  135. December 14: Woods' brother, Lorenzo Cole, 23, was killed in the same assault.
  136. December 14: Franklin Winston, 37, was shot to death in an apparent domestic incident at a home at 7564 66th Street South in the Marks Village housing project in Gate City. Asia Askew, who called 911 from the scene, was later charged with his murder. She was indicted on that charge in April 2023. (report)
  137. December 21: Jequaris Jerryll McCann, 29, was shot to death by one of a group who attempted to steal his car from the Marathon gas station at 2121 19th Street in Tuxedo. No arrest. (report)
  138. December 23: Danija Mitchell, 23 and five months pregnant, was found shot to death inside a home on the 5000 block of 42nd Place North in Inglenook. Xavier Alexander, 26, was also found dead from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound. Their 2-year-old son was found unharmed in the house. The couple had moved to Birmingham from LaPlace, Louisiana after Hurricane Ida destroyed their home. (report)
  139. December 24: Shaun Benjamin Rhudy, 42, was shot to death while working the front door at Marty's PM at 1813 10th Court South in Five Points South. Alonzo Johnson II, who had been asked to leave the bar after an earlier dispute, returned and got into a shooting fight in the parking lot. Rhudy and another male were injured. Johnson was driven away from scene by Terrill Huey Jr, whose car caught fire on I-59 near the Arkadelphia Road exit. He was arrested and charged with murder and assault. Huey was charged with two counts of hindering prosecution. (report)
  140. December 24: Jesse James Valone, 29, missing since December 18, was found shot to death inside a truck found parked on the 2800 block of 30th Street Southwest in the Industrial Center neighborhood. No arrest. (report)
  141. December 25: Raymond Cotton Jr, 42, was gunned down in an apparent ambush as he arrived at his family's Christmas get-together on 40th Street West in Hooper City. Micah Spratt of Dallas, Texas, an acquaintance of Cotton's, was arrested and charged with murder. (report)
  142. December 25: Donvan Mykal Cash, 22, was shot to death at the 40th Street Grocery at 1200 40th Street, near Oakland Cemetery in Belview Heights. It is thought he may have been struck by a stray bullet. No arrest. (report)
  143. December 31: Morgan Nicole Lightner, 25, was struck by two separate vehicles and killed on I-20/59 near the Arkadelphia Road exit while attempting to signal traffic to slow after her car was involved in a multi-vehicle crash. Both drivers left the scene without stopping. (report)

Responses

Paul Hollman, pastor of Mount Mariah Baptist Church, called on Mayor Randall Woodfin to declare a state of emergency over the city's homicide rate. His church has sponsored billboards with the message "Let’s Build. Not Kill! Reset 2021," and launched "Citizens Against Killings" campaign.

Following Areyelle Yarbough's death from a stray bullet fired during an Easter gathering at W. C. Patton Park, Rickey Smiley, a family friend, spoke out against "no-snitch" culture and offered a $5,000 reward for information.

In April, Mayor Woodfin joined with Chief Smith, Birmingham City Council Public Safety Committee chair Hunter Williams, Sheriff Mark Pettway, Jefferson County District Attorney Danny Carr, and U.S. Attorney Prim Escalona to emphasize that investigations and prosecutions of gun crimes will be prioritized.

On May 8, the Mayor's office and Police Department partnered with the Pi Upsilon Sigma chapter of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity Inc. to organize a voluntary gun buy-back program at First Ebenezer Baptist Church Smithefield on Graymont Avenue. Wal-Mart gift cards were distributed to those turning in guns. On June 5 a group called Students Demand Action Birmingham held a "Peace Rally" at Kelly Ingram Park.

In June the Mayor's office announced a $125,000 "Gun Violence Against Children Fund," offering $25,000 rewards through Crime Stoppers for information leading to arrests in any of the five cases in which the victims were young children.

Sheree Kennon founded the non-profit What About Us, a support group for the families of young people lost to violence, in response to the February death of her son, Detraio Whorton.

At Parker High School a "Creative Minds Club" was founded with support from the city's Common Ground program to discuss ways to process trauma and to promote alternatives to violence.

See also

References

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