2007 Birmingham homicides: Difference between revisions
| Line 8: | Line 8: | ||
# January 1: Wyteria Rogers, 20, found shot in car on 200 block of [[93rd Street North]] ({{Locate_address_inline | address = 200+93rd+St+N }}). Gregory Johnson, 20, charged with murder. [http://www.al.com/birminghamnews/breaking/index.ssf?/mtlogs/bama_bhamnews_extra/archives/2007_01.html#220692] | # January 1: Wyteria Rogers, 20, found shot in car on 200 block of [[93rd Street North]] ({{Locate_address_inline | address = 200+93rd+St+N }}). Gregory Johnson, 20, charged with murder. [http://www.al.com/birminghamnews/breaking/index.ssf?/mtlogs/bama_bhamnews_extra/archives/2007_01.html#220692] | ||
# January 1: Lavaughn Fortune, 34, victim of drive-by shooting at [[King City Food Mart]] at [[Warrior Road]] and [[Avenue P Ensley|Avenue P]] in [[Ensley]] ({{Locate_address_inline | address = 3600+Avenue+P+Ensley }}). No arrest. [http://www.al.com/birminghamnews/breaking/index.ssf?/mtlogs/bama_bhamnews_extra/archives/2007_01.html#220834] | # January 1: Lavaughn Fortune, 34, victim of drive-by shooting at [[King City Food Mart]] at [[Warrior Road]] and [[Avenue P Ensley|Avenue P]] in [[Ensley]] ({{Locate_address_inline | address = 3600+Avenue+P+Ensley }}). No arrest. [http://www.al.com/birminghamnews/breaking/index.ssf?/mtlogs/bama_bhamnews_extra/archives/2007_01.html#220834] | ||
# January 11: | # January 11: Michael Elmore, 33, stabbed at his apartment at 2341 [[8th Street Northwest]] ( [[Sun Valley Apartments]]) ({{Locate_address_inline | address = 2800+8th+Street+NW }}) after an altercation with a neighbor. A 44-year-old suspect was taken into custody at the scene. [http://www.al.com/birminghamnews/breaking/index.ssf?/mtlogs/bama_bhamnews_extra/archives/2007_01.html#224627] | ||
==Responses== | ==Responses== | ||
Revision as of 23:09, 12 January 2007
This is a List of Birmingham homicides in 2007. It includes homicide cases occuring 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.
With 3 homicides up to January 12, the city is on pace for 91 in 2007. If that trend were to hold true, the homicide rate for the city of Birmingham, based on the 2005 census estimate of 231,483 population, would be 39.3 homicides per 100,000 population for the year. Birmingham had 109 homicides in 2006, 105 in 2005, and a record of 141 in 1994.
Of the 3 recorded homicides, suspects have been reported identified in at least 2 cases, apprehended in 2, and charged in 1.
Listing by date
- January 1: Wyteria Rogers, 20, found shot in car on 200 block of 93rd Street North (map). Gregory Johnson, 20, charged with murder. [1]
- January 1: Lavaughn Fortune, 34, victim of drive-by shooting at King City Food Mart at Warrior Road and Avenue P in Ensley (map). No arrest. [2]
- January 11: Michael Elmore, 33, stabbed at his apartment at 2341 8th Street Northwest ( Sun Valley Apartments) (map) after an altercation with a neighbor. A 44-year-old suspect was taken into custody at the scene. [3]
Responses
Carole Smitherman, President of the Birmingham City Council noted that 34% of victims from 2006 had a controlled substance in their blood at the time of death. She proposed increasing staffing for the Narcotics and Vice Units of the Birmingham Police Department. In response, Mayor Bernard Kincaid stated that the size of those departments is already ideal, and was praised in a recent accreditation review.
The Council's Public Safety Committee has planned a meeting with John Sloan, Chair of the UAB Department of Justice Sciences, to discuss remedies for the city's crime rate which could be recommended to the Mayor and Police Chief Annetta Nunn.
References
- 2007 Press Releases from Birmingham Police Department
- Bryant, Joseph D. (January 12, 2007) "Smitherman says homicides linked to drugs." Birmingham News.