2007 Birmingham homicides
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 2 homicides up to January 2, the city is on pace for 365 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 157.7 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 2 recorded homicides, suspects have been reported identified in at least 1 case, and apprehended in 1.
Listing by date
- January 1: Wyteria Rogers, 20, found shot in car on 200 block of 93rd Street North (map). Unidentified suspect, 20, in custody. [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]
References
- 2006 Press Releases from Birmingham Police Department