2016 Birmingham homicides
This is a List of Birmingham homicides in 2016. 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.
Nine homicides have been reported in the city as of February 1, putting the city on pace for 103 for the year. Based on the 2014 census estimate of 212,247 population, that would represent 48.5 homicides per 100,000 residents. Birmingham had 96 homicides in 2015 and a record low of 62 homicides in 2014. The recent record high was 141 in 1992. At this time in 2015 there had been 7 homicides reported.
The city has averaged 8.7 homicides per month, or one every 3.6 days. There were 9 incidents in January and none so far in February. The longest stretch without a homicide was the 8 days between January 18 and 26. Two violent deaths were reported on Sundays, none on Mondays, 2 on Tuesdays, none on Wednesdays, 2 on Thursdays, 3 on Fridays and none on Saturdays.
Of the 9 reported homicides, suspects have been identified in 3 cases, apprehended in 3, and charged in 1. One homicide was ruled justifiable by prosecutors and another remains under investigation. The police department therefore acknowledges 7 chargeable homicides, of which 7 so far have been classified as murders.
At least five homicides took place inside homes, two on the streets, one in a yard, and one at an apartment complex. Four were reported in the West Precinct, one in the East Precinct, one in the South Precinct and three in the North Precinct. Three deaths were the result of domestic disputes and another resulted from a robbery. Seven victims were male and two were female.
Listing by date
- January 1: Tiffany Nolan, 33, was fatally shot at a home on the 3600 block of Pine Avenue in Southwest Birmingham. Antwan Scott claimed to have shot her accidentally after she refused to leave his home. He remained on the scene where he was taken into custody and later charged with murder. (report)
- January 8: Raven Terese White, 16, was shot during a robbery while sitting in a car with her boyfriend at Panorama East Apartments off of Center Point Parkway in Apple Valley. The boyfriend drove White, who was pregnant, to St Vincent's East, where she was later pronounced dead. No arrest. (report)
- January 10: Davarus Newby, 33, was shot to death at a house known for illicit activity on the 1100 block of 15th Street North. (report)
- January 14: Corey Durrell Walker, 28, was found shot to death just after midnight in a car on the 500 block of 16th Way Southwest. No arrest. (report)
- January 17: Ladarrius Moody, 24, was shot to death at a house at 928 Erie Street in Wylam during a domestic dispute. Investigators took his former girlfriend into custody for questioning, but determined that the shooting was justified and released her. (report)
- January 18: Brian John Hardwick, 42, was stabbed to death at an apartment in the 1200 building at Highland Bluff Apartments off of Robert Jemison Road. He had entered the apartment of a former girlfriend and fired a shot at another man there. The ensuing fight resulted in Hardwick's death. The other man was taken into custody for questioning, but no charges have been filed. (report)
- January 26: Jerrell Demond Rogers, 29, was shot to death near the intersection of 45th Street North and 8th Terrace North in the Morton Simpson Homes housing project in Kingston. No arrest. (report)
- January 29: Jamie Moore, 22, was found shot to death on a staircase of an apartment building on the 900 block of 47th Street North. No arrest. (report)
- January 29: Kendrick Smith, 27, was shot in the back yard of a house on the 1700 block of Pearson Avenue Southwest. (report)