List of homicides in 2023

This is a List of homicides in 2023, including homicide cases reported throughout the Birmingham District. At least 17 homicides have been reported in the area for the year. Note that a "homicide" refers to the cause of death as determined by a medical examiner, not to the crime of murder as charged by prosecutors and adjudicated through the courts.

Calhoun County

1. January 16: Carlos Miller, 43, died at Northeast Alabama Regional Medical Center from injuries suffered in a shooting on the 5100 block of McClellan Boulevard in Anniston. The suspected shooter was also killed by gunfire, and police believe the two men shot each other. (report)
2. January 16: Charrell Brown, 21, died at Stringfellow Memorial Hospital from injuries suffered in the same incident.

Coosa County

1. January 14: Robin Durell Braswell, 31, was found shot to death on Coosa County Road 5 in Goodwater. No arrest. (report)

Etowah County

1. January 6: Cody Stewart, 28, was shot to death by a Gadsden Police officer on Hinsdale Avenue in the Alabama City neighborhood of Gadsden. Stewart, who had exhibited mental health problems and has struggled with drug abuse, had abducted a former girlfriend and was holding her in his apartment adjoining his family's home. Police responded to the scene with an armored vehicle and blew the garage door lock with explosives. The abducted woman was freed unharmed. The Alabama Law Enforcement Agency's Bureau of Investigation is reviewing the incident. (report)

Jefferson County

7 total

Birmingham

6 homicides. See List of Birmingham homicides in 2023 for details.

Center Point

1. January 21: An unnamed male, 12, died at Children's Hospital from a gunshot wound suffered at a residence on the 300 block of Oxford Acres Circle. No arrest. (report)

Talladega County

1. January 16: Cameron Dontae Rogers, 19, was found shot to death in an SUV which had crashed into a parked vehicle in the vicinity of Kingwood Drive in Drew Court in Sylacauga. No arrest. (report)

Tuscaloosa County

1. January 8: Justin Michael Whitfield, 23, was one of two men found dead in the Fosters community— one on I-59 and one on Frog Pond Road— and linked to a vehicle found abandoned in Hayneville, Lowndes County. Keondre Jazel McCall and Mance Quinnell McCall Jr were arrested and charged with capital murder. (report)
2. January 8: Destin Rashard Holley, 23, was found dead in the same incident.
3. January 14: Terrence Knott Jr, 37, was found shot to death at the Sun Valley Apartments at 5140 36th Avenue East in Tuscaloosa. Dondre Joseph was arrested and charged with murder. Investigators believe that Knott had been involved in a domestic dispute with a member of Josephs' family. (report)
4. January 15: Jamea Jonae Harris, 23, was shot to death while riding in a car on Grace Street near The Strip in Tuscaloosa. The driver returned fire and wounded one of the assailants. Michael Lynn Davis and Darius Miles, who had been in an earlier argument with the driver, were arrested and charged with capital murder. Miles was immediately dismissed from the Alabama Crimson Tide basketball team. (report)

Walker County

1. January 19: An unnamed person was found shot to death and two males wounded in a shooting which occurred during an apparent attempted robbery on Hill Drive in Quinton. Corey Ryan Mahaffey and an unnamed juvenile suspect were charged with murder and captured the following night at separate locations. (report)