1991 Birmingham homicides

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This is a List of Birmingham homicides in 1991. It includes homicide cases occurring within the city limits during the calendar year. Note that not all homicides are ultimately ruled to be murder in courts of law.

1991 saw 136 homicides reported in Birmingham. Based on the 1990 census count of 265,968 residents, the homicide rate for the city was 51.1 homicides per 100,000 population for the year.

Listing

  1. January 4: Boise Perkins, 76, died at Carraway Methodist Medical Center from gunshot wounds suffered on October 23, 1990 during a fight with his son at his home. No criminal charges were filed. (report)
  2. January 5: Tamiko Jones, 20, was shot to death in an argument over a bottle of gin. Another man was seriously injured. Steven Parker pleaded guilty to manslaughter and assault. He was given a suspended sentence with 5 years on probation. (report)
  3. January 8: Eddie Waters, 64, was shot to death on the 1600 block of 18th Place North in Fountain Heights. Ricky Lee Kennedy was arrested and charged with murder. (report)
  4. January 16: Bill Saxton, 24, was one of two people shot to death in the living room of their home at 1613 32nd Avenue North in Acipco-Finley. Jerry Lashen Falconer was arrested and charged with murder. (report)
  5. January 16: Janice Wages, 29, was killed in the same incident.
  6. January 18: Brenda Prince, 26, was stabbed to death at her home at 1201 McMillon Avenue Southwest in Arlington-West End. No arrest. (report)
  7. January 22: Arthur Anderson, 29, was shot to death on the 4600 block of Roscoe Avenue in Kingston. Two men were arrested but the charges against them were dismissed. (report)
  8. February 1: Earnest Lee Reese, 23, was shot to death on the 1700 block of 33rd Street North in Norwood. Tito Carroll was arrested and charged with murder. (report)
  9. February 3: Terry Griffin, 29, was shot to death in his car on the 1300 block of Princeton Avenue Southwest in Arlington-West End. No arrest. (report)
  10. February 5: Alexander Holt, 24, was shot to death during an argument on the 100 block of 4th Court West in the Elyton Village public housing community in Graymont. Rodney Averhart was convicted of murder and sentenced to life in prison. (report)
  11. February 8: Donald Ray Townsend, 37, died at University Hospital from injuries suffered the day before in a fight on the block of Dugan Avenue in North Pratt. No arrest. (report)
  12. February 10: Ryan Moultrie was found shot to death just outside his car in a parking lot on the 1000 block of Hilltop Terrace. No arrest. (report)
  13. February 17: Roderick Presswood, 24, was found shot to death on the sidewalk following an argument on the 300 block of 3rd Street West in Graymont. Andrew Carrington was convicted of murder and sentenced to 30 years in prison. (report)
  14. February 21: David L. Isbell, 42, was shot to death in an alley near the 3200 block of Hazel Avenue Southwest in Riley-Travellick. Henry Lee Toney was arrested and charged with murder. (report)
  15. February 22: Alvin Purifoy, 18, was shot to death as he stepped out of convenience store in Woodlawn. James C. Ballard was arrested and charged with murder. (report)
  16. February 24: Cheryl Lynn Parker, 22, was shot to death on the 1600 block of Mims Avenue Southwest in West End Manor. London England Dandridge and John Henry Melton were convicted of murder, with Melton being sentenced to 25 years in prison. (report)
  17. February 26: Darryl Eugene Ray, 26, was found dead beside a picnic table at Pratt City Park. He had been seen being forcibly abducted from a parking lot on the 4800 block of Avenue W Ensley in Central Park the previous night. Tameca Cole was arrested and charged with murder. (report)
  18. February 28: Ben Jessie, 20, was shot to death by an acquaintance at 1420 Tuscaloosa Avenue Southwest in Arlington-West End. Gail Parham was arrested and charged with murder. (report)
  19. March 8: Bridgette Dowdell, 24, was found dead on the 3900 block of 16th Court North in Norwood. No arrest. (report)
  20. March 9: Darryl Wayne Langham was found dead by two people riding horseback in the vicinity of Powderly. Dwight David Marshall was arrested and charged with murder. (report)
  21. March 11: Carlton Brown, 39, was beaten and stabbed to death by a group of assailants on the 3000 block of 28th Avenue North in Collegeville. Monzette Gordon pleaded guilty to manslaughter. (report)
  22. March 12: Brian Antonio Woods, 18, was killed by a shotgun blast outside a home on South Park Road Southwest. Arthur Holt and Edward Cole were charged with murder. Holt was convicted at trial. (report)
  23. March 13: Willis Yarbrough, 44, was fatally injured during a struggle over a gun in North Birmingham. No criminal charges were filed. (report)
  24. March 14: Milous Owens, 44, died from stab wounds suffered in an argument over a card game in Fountain Heights. No criminal charges were filed. (report)
  25. March 25: Randolph Golden, 16, was shot and killed by a woman who claimed he was trespassing and bothering her. No criminal charges were filed. (report)
  26. March 26: Carlos Jose Wilson, 18, was killed, and another man injured, in a shooting in Brighton. Virgil Bowers Jr was arrested and charged with murder. (report)
  27. March 29: Rodney Smith, 26, was shot to death in an alley near the 200 block of 16th Place Southwest in Oakwood Place. No arrest.(report)
  28. March 30: Tim DeWayne Littleton, 18, was killed in a drive-by shooting on the 900 block of Pearson Avenue Southwest in Arlington-West End. No arrest. (report)
  29. April 1: James Leonard Reed, 20, was shot to death during an argument on the 400 block of 2nd Street West in the Elyton Village public housing community in Graymont. Philemon Coleman was arrested and charged with murder. (report)
  30. April 4: Rodrick Kenebrew, 31, was shot to death while allegedly attempting to break into an apartment in Kingston. No criminal charges were filed. (report)
  31. April 4: Albert Hatcher, 24, was shot to death during a fight in Kingston. Frederick Bass was arrested and charged with murder. (report)
  32. April 6: Lakeeita Merritt, 30, was fatally wounded by a gunshot to the chest at a motel on the 1100 block of 6th Avenue South in Five Points South. An 18-year-old suspect was taken into custody. (report)
  33. April 6: Horace Robinson, 27, was shot to death while sitting on the porch of his apartment at 101 Wilson Court Way in the Loveman Village public housing community in North Titusville. Roy Lonza Cobb was arrested and charged with murder. (report)
  34. April 11: Darryl Hollis, 23, was killed while using a pay phone outside a gas station on the 8300 block of 1st Avenue North in North East Lake. A 24-year-old suspect was taken into custody. (report)
  35. April 11: Anthony Brown, 27, was killed by stray gunshots from a nearby robbery while sitting on his porch on the 3400 block of 30th Way North in the Collegeville Center public housing community. Three people were arrested. (report)
  36. April 12: David Glover Barnes, 37, was killed by a gunshot wound suffered during a domestic dispute with his girlfriend. No criminal charges were filed. (report)
  37. April 19: Jimmy Taylor, 22, was killed in a drive-by shooting near the intersection of 8th Avenue North and Center Street North in Smithfield. A juvenile suspect was charged, but was acquitted at trial. (report)
  38. April 21: Donald Howell, 20, was shot to death while sitting in a car on the 200 block of 2nd Avenue Southwest in the Loveman Village public housing community in North Titusville. A 17-year-old suspect was arrested and charged. (report)
  39. April 26: Antonio Rogers, 18, died from stab wounds suffered in a robbery at 26th Street North and 35th Avenue North in North Birmingham. Clinton Jones was arrested and charged with murder. (report)
  40. April 28: Steve Sears, 43, was shot to death in his apartment on the 1500 block of 8th Avenue North in Fountain Heights. No arrest. (report)
  41. May 1: Bridgette Farley, 20, was shot to death by her estranged husband, Tyrone Farley, in the parking lot of Golden Flake on the 100 block of 6th Street South in South Titusville. He also shot himself in the stomach, but survived.(report)
  42. May 1: Charles Byron Hedrick, 36, was shot to death in L C's Market at 836 15th Street North in Fountain Heights. William O'Bryan Collins was arrested and charged with murder. (report)
  43. May 3: Louis "Red" Oliver, 43, was killed in a drive-by shooting at 19th Street and 14th Avenue North in Fountain Heights. Eddie Williams was arrested and charged with murder. (report)
  44. May 4: Lester Wilson, 26, was stabbed to death at his home on the 1200 block of 4th Terrace West in Bush Hills. A juvenile suspect was arrested and charged. (report)
  45. May 4: Wesley Rennard Lewis, 35, was shot to death on the 9900 block of Parkway East in Spring Lake. Bobby Joe McKay was arrested and charged with murder. (report)
  46. May 5: Haston Brummitt, 80, was found dead from apparent homicide at his home on the 7500 block of Oporto-Madrid Boulevard in Brown Springs. (report)
  47. May 7: Mark Lloyd Washington, 23, was shot to death during an argument in a parking lot on the 200 block of 12th Street West in Rising-West Princeton. Willie Mack was arrested and charged with murder. (report)
  48. May 8: Roger Lee Connor, 45, was shot to death at a house on the 1100 block of 15th Street Southwest. Another woman was injured by gunshot. Brenda Chambers was arrested and charged with murder. (report)
  49. May 17: Jeffrey Peterson, 3, was killed by a stray bullet fired during an argument at the Forest Hill Village apartments in Southwest Birmingham. His 8-year-old cousin was also wounded. Grant Mumford and Marlon Collins were arrested and charged with murder. (report)
  50. May 20: Terrence McCary, 20, was found dead on the street in Smithfield from numerous gunshot wounds. No arrest. (report)
  51. May 21: James Jones, 20, was found shot to death on the 1100 block of 22nd Street Ensley. Robert Lee Bell was arrested and charged with murder. (report)
  52. May 29: Connie Forrest, 34, was beaten to death at her home on the 1700 block of 26th Court North in Acipco-Finley. Her boyfriend, Mack Davis, was arrested and charged with murder. (report)
  53. May 30: Diana Murphy, 30, was found dead in an apartment on the 1400 block of 20th Place Ensley where she had been chased by three men. A juvenile suspect was arrested and charged. (report)
  54. May 31: William Johnson, 23, was shot to death in an alley on the 200 block of 5th Avenue North. Jerry Oden was arrested and charged with murder. (report)
  55. June 2: Carlston McGraw, 20, was shot to death during a confrontation of the 500 block of 41st Street North in North Avondale. Witnesses reported McGraw was assaulted but refused to fight back. Lamar Russell was arrested and charged with murder. (report)
  56. June 4: Willie James Weaver, 70, was stabbed to death at his home on the 1600 block of 18th Street Ensley during an apparent robbery. Cora Armstrong, Carolyn Denise Sloan and a minor were arrested and charged with murder. (report)
  57. June 9: Anthony Earl Williams, 39, was found shot to death on the 1000 block of 18th Street South in Five Points South. No arrest. (report)
  58. June 11: Lamar Zeigler, 24, was shot to death in the back yard of a house on the 1600 block of 11th Avenue North in Fountain Heights. Carmice Hill was arrested and charged with murder. (report)
  59. June 21: Arthur Lee Smith Jr, 23, was found shot to death in an abandoned house at the corner of Carver Avenue Southwest and 33rd Street Southwest in Tarpley City. Dequarious Motley was arrested and charged with murder. (report)
  60. June 22: David Michael Thomas, 31, was found stabbed to death in Greenwood Cemetery in Woodlawn. Jamey Leath Pearce and Timothy Garrard were arrested and charged with murder. (report)
  61. June 24: Merdis Williams, 61, was found strangled to death in her home at 108 2nd Street North in Smithfield. Her former boyfriend, Russell Beverly, was arrested at the scene and charged with murder. (report)
  62. June 25: Maurice Daniel, 34, was strangled to death at his home at 209-A 8th Avenue North in Smithfield. No arrest. (report)
  63. June 29: Ricardo Rather Jr, 14, was shot to death in an argument on the 2200 block of Avenue G Ensley in Ensley. Sheldon Jones was arrested and charged with murder. (report)
  64. July 1: Patrick Brackens, 16, was shot to death during a robbery on the 4500 block of 9th Avenue North in the Rev. Dr Morrell Todd Homes public housing community in Kingston.
  65. July 2: Antonio DeWayne Hendricks, 19, was shot to death outside an apartment on 2nd Court North following a drug-related robbery attempt that triggered a shootout resulting in three deaths. Sean Lorenzo Cotton, Chrisopher James Howard, Edward Curry Johnson, James Myers, Carlos Bernard Wolfe and Carlos Omar Smith were arrested and charged with murder. Smith pleaded guilty to Hendricks' murder and was sentenced to serve 20 years in prison. After his release, Smith was charged with the 2012 murder of Reginald Leon Harper. In that case he was acquitted at trial. (report)
  66. July 2: James Garrett, 19, was killed in the shootout. Smith was initially charged, but the charges were dropped in return for his plea to Hendricks' death.
  67. July 2: Alejandro Clinton-Anderson, 19, was killed in the shootout. Smith was initially charged, but the charges were dropped in return for his plea to Hendricks' death.
  68. July 7: Elgin Arms, 22, was shot to death on the 900 block of 12th Street North in Fountain Heights as a result of an ongoing feud. Roger McCoy was arrested and charged with murder. (report)
  69. July 13: McArthur Rawls, 59, was shot to death in front of his house on the 1500 block of Druid Hill Drive in Druid Hills after exchanging fire with a man who had shot at his son. Curtis Reese was arrested and charged with murder. (report)
  70. July 17: Ronnie Toles, 29, was shot to death on the 3000 block of 23rd Street North in North Birmingham. Lorenzo Walker was arrested and charged with murder. (report)
  71. July 19: Ronald C. Robinson, 20, was shot to death during an argument on the 4600 block of 9th Terrace North in Kingston. Eric Davis was arrested and charged with murder. (report)
  72. July 20: Ben Williams, 49, was shot to death during an argument with a teenage male in his apartment. No criminal charges were filed. (report)
  73. July 25: Carrie Ann Barnes, 10, was killed by a shotgun blast fired in an argument between two others in an apartment in Graymont. No criminal charges were filed. (report)
  74. July 27: Anthony Bracken, 15, was killed in an alleged gang-related dispute. Three juveniles were arrested. (report)
  75. August 9: Andra Rogers, 29, was shot to death when he kicked down the door of a man he had been feuding with. No criminal charges were filed. (report)
  76. August 10: Harry Clay, 38, was shot to death during an argument with another man in his apartment at 831 23rd Street South in the Southtown Court public housing community. A suspect was arrested. (report)
  77. August 12: Eddie James Bowie, 21, was shot to death in his car on the 900 block of 2nd Street North in Smithfield, after an argument at the Jaguar Club at 1500 2nd Avenue North. Larry Wayne Battles, Damone Levert Taylor, Paul Dudley Jones, and Edward Riler Jr were arrested and charged with murder. (report)
  78. August 24: Kelvin Earl Orr, 30, was shot to death during an argument about a woman on the 900 block of 12th Street North in Fountain Heights. Richard Lewis Ivory was arrested and charged with murder. (report)
  79. August 31: Betty Jean Peoples, 31, was shot to death during an argument with her boyfriend on the 600 block of 5th Street South in North Titusville. Frankie Cunningham was arrested and charged with murder.(report)
  80. August 31: Lorenzo Jackson, 46, was found dead in a vacant house on the 1500 block of 11th Avenue North in Fountain Heights. No arrest. (report)
  81. September 4: Carlos Cortez Massey, 25, was bludgeoned to death during an argument with his brother at his apartment at 1256 12th Street North in Fountain Heights. Joseph Massey Jr was arrested and charged with murder. (report)
  82. September 5: Carrie Flannigan, 65, was found dead in her apartment at 1231 15th Street North in Fountain Heights from an apparent homicide. No arrest. (report)
  83. September 6: Calvin Butler, 34, was stabbed to death during an argument with his girlfriend in his apartment at 1521 19th Street North in Druid Hills. Wanda G. Moody was arrested and charged with murder. (report)
  84. September 7: Ricky Jones, 32, was shot to death at his home at 9033 9th Avenue North in Zion City. Jeffrey Lynn Sturdivant was arrested and charged with murder. (report)
  85. September 8: Earliecha Jamese Little, 11 months, died from blunt force injuries and sexual assault at her home at 150 Cotton Avenue Southwest in Arlington-West End. Anthony Lee Mosely was convicted at trial of reckless manslaughter and sentenced to 20 years in prison. (report)
  86. September 14: Buddy M. McCollum, 50, was shot to death while attempting to rob a liquor store in East Lake. No criminal charges were filed. (report)
  87. September 16: Larry Tyrone Williams, 29, was found shot to death in his home at 1340 24th Avenue North in Acipco-Finley. No arrest. (report)
  88. September 18: Paul Sidney Little, 30, was shot to death during a conversation inside a van on the 600 block of 3rd Avenue West in Graymont. Albert Harper was arrested and charged with murder. (report)
  89. September 20: Larry Blackmon, 35, was shot to death while walking in Smithfield. No criminal charges were filed. (report)
  90. September 25: Louis Paternostro, 65, was shot to death in his home at 5441 10th Court South in Crestwood South. His wife, Mary Paternostro, was arrested and charged with murder. (report)
  91. October 10: Darryl Earl Ragland Jr, 1, was found dead from blunt force trauma at his home on the 1900 block of Evergreen Street in Brummitt Heights. No arrest. (report)
  92. October 12: Kelvin Stokes, 27, was shot to death during an argument on the block of 3200 Grasseli Avenue Southwest in Tarpley City. Tommy Cook and Quan Cook were arrested and charged with murder. (report)
  93. October 17: Carl Edward Burch, 38, was shot to death at a telephone booth near his home in Fairfield. No arrest. (report)
  94. October 17: Willie Swanson, 38, was found shot to death on the 1400 block of Dennison Avenue in Woodland Park. An arrest was made. (report)
  95. October 19: Howard Lewis Williams, 67, was one of two men fatally shot during an argument about a woman in North Birmingham. Ronald Boyd was injured. He was later charged with murder. (report)
  96. October 19: Caleb Thomas, 59, was killed in the same incident.
  97. October 22: Sidney Gill, 31, was shot to death in a domestic argument at his home at 2525 Princeton Avenue Southwest in Germania Park. His wife, Marie Bryant Gill, was arrested and charged with murder. (report)
  98. October 25: Winfred Lee, 31, was shot to death during an argument with her boyfriend on the 700 block of Penfield Street in Roosevelt. Carl A. Threatt was arrested and charged with murder. (report)
  99. October 27: Sharma Ruth Johnson, 22, was shot to death at Zion Memorial Gardens in Zion City following a robbery and kidnapping which began at First Alabama Bank on Parkway East. Willie B. Smith III, Lorenzo Smith, and Angelica Willis were arrested and charged with capital murder. Willis pleaded guilty to felony murder and was sentenced to 25 years in prison. She testified against the Smith brothers. The younger brother was a minor at the time. Willie Smith, the shooter, admitted to shooting Johnson in a wire recording which was played for jurors. He was convicted and sentenced to death. His execution had been scheduled for February 11, 2021, but has been stayed by the 11th United States Circuit Court of Appeals. (report)
  100. October 27: Shunda Mosely, 27, was stabbed to death in an argument with a neighbor on the 4500 block of 14th Avenue North in Kingston. Carrie Minter-Herd was arrested and charged with murder. (report)
  101. October 27: Donald Wilder, 37, was shot to death during a robbery at his pick-up truck parked on the 100 block of 8th Avenue North in Smithfield. Antonio Jernico Battle was arrested and charged with murder. (report)
  102. October 30: Steven Anthony Kidd, 29, died from gunshot wounds suffered two weeks earlier in a fight on the 2300 block of 9th Court South in the Southtown Court public housing community in Southside. James Taylor was arrested and charged with murder. (report)
  103. November 7: Ivory Dewayne Walker, 19, was shot to death during an argument. No criminal charges were filed. (report)
  104. November 8: Alonza Fikes Jr, 37, was shot to death in the act of knocking on a bathroom window at an apartment on the 1200 block of Tuscaloosa Avenue Southwest in Arlington-West End. No arrest. (report)
  105. November 9: Angelia Elaine Calhoun, 24, was found stabbed to death in her apartment at 6023 1st Avenue South in South Woodlawn. No arrest. (report)
  106. November 11: Eddie Dewayne Smith, 31, was shot to death while driving on the 800 block of 22nd Street North in Central City. No arrest. (report)
  107. November 13: Gerard Goodgame, 15, was shot to death at a home at 849 42nd Place North by another teenager who claimed to have pointed the gun at him as a joke. The shooter was charged with manslaughter. (report)
  108. November 14: Stephone Evans, 28, was shot to death on the 1400 block of 22nd Street Ensley. James Jackson was arrested and charged with murder. (report)
  109. November 15: Michael Riddle, 32, was shot to death during a robbery in a car parked on the 1800 block of 5th Avenue North in Fountain Heights. No arrest. (report)
  110. November 22: Eugene Shephard, 34, was stabbed to death during a fight with another man. No criminal charges were filed. (report)
  111. November 23: Billie Jean Burton, 73, was stabbed to death at a boarding home at 1307 29th Street North in Norwood. Her roommate, Christolyn Brown, was arrested and charged with murder. (report)
  112. November 23: Harold Jenkins, 31, was found shot to death on the 1200 block of 15th Street North in Fountain Heights. No arrest. (report)
  113. November 23: Bruce A. Dendy, a security guard, was shot to death while escorting a store manager making a night deposit at the National Bank of Commerce branch at 9648 Parkway East in Roebuck. Dewitt Walker and an unnamed juvenile were arrested and charged with murder. (report)
  114. November 27: Pauline Brown, 41, was found dead after an apparent break-in at her apartment in Fountain Heights. No arrest. (report)
  115. November 28: Marshall Ray Brown, 20, was shot to death while apparently attempting to rob a house in North Birmingham. The homeowner suffered serious stab wounds in the struggle. No criminal charges were filed. (report)
  116. November 29: John Henry McGinnes, 18, was shot to death on the 900 block of 27th Street Southwest in Germania Park after a confrontation with five men which began outside a nearby nightclub. Police believed the assault was gang-related. Ricky Hunter was arrested and charged with murder. (report)
  117. November 30: Precellaus Holt, 19, was shot to death in an assault while he was talking to a friend on the 1400 block of 17th Street Southwest in West End Manor. Horace Wright and Benjamin Wright were arrested and charged with murder. (report)
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  126. December 10: Gloria Townsend, 41, was shot to death during an argument with her husband at their home at 1021 12th Street North in Fountain Heights. Otis Townsend was arrested and charged with murder. (report)
  127. December 13: Kelvin Lamar Robinson, 23, was shot to death at his apartment door at 3815 6th Avenue South in Forest Park-South Avondale. No arrest. (report)
  128. December 14: Leonard Jones, 45, and another man were found shot in the head on the 2900 block of Rogers Drive in Roosevelt. No arrest. (report)
  129. December 14: Hartford Evers, 36, was found dead in the same incident.
  130. December 14: Rafael Heflin, 29, was found shot to death in an alley on the 5900 block of 3rd Avenue South in South Woodlawn. No arrest. (report)
  131. December 18: Earvin E. Vandergrift, 22, was found shot to death in an apartment at 712 47th Street North in Kingston. No arrest. (report)
  132. December 19: Leonard Charlie Williams, 19, was fatally wounded in a struggle over a firearm on the 1400 block of 20th Place North in Druid Hills. A 16-year-old suspect was arrested and charged with reckless homicide.
  133. December 24: A homeless male was beaten to death and another chased off a bridge where he was injured and left unconscious. Four members of a skinhead group were convicted of murder and sentenced to between 25 years and life in prison. ([1] report])
  134. December 25: Myra Jean Brown, 28, and another woman were killed and two others injured at a home in Roosevelt during a standoff with an ex-boyfriend who had been stalking and harassing her. Walter Burrell was arrested and charged with murder. (report)
  135. December 25: Ella Mae Brand, 66, was killed in the same incident
  136. December 25: Leonard Davidson, 23, was killed in a drive-by shooting while in his yard at 1428 1st Street North in Enon Ridge. No arrest. (report)

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