2022 Birmingham homicides

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This is a List of Birmingham homicides in 2022. 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.

153 homicides were reported for the year, surpassing the recent record high of 148 in 1992. Based on the 2022 census estimate of 196,910 population, that represents a homicide rate of 77.7 homicides per 100,000 residents. Birmingham had 143 homicides in 2021. The recent record low of 62 homicides was set in 2014.

The city averaged 12.8 homicides per month, or one every 2.4 days. There were 11 incidents in January, 15 in February, 8 in March, 15 in April, 11 in May, 11 in June, 18 in July, 13 in August, 15 in September, 13 in October, 9 in November and 12 in December. The longest stretch without a homicide was the 14-day span between January 14–28. 30 deaths were reported on Sundays, 21 on Mondays, 18 on Tuesdays, 14 on Wednesdays, 19 on Thursdays, 18 on Fridays, and 30 on Saturdays.

One death came at the hands of police, and 9 other reported homicides were ruled justifiable as self-defense by investigators or prosecutors. In one case murder charges were filed against an accomplice of the homicide victim rather than the shooter. Another case was investigated by the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office rather than Birmingham police. With the exception of those, the department acknowledges 135 chargeable homicides, 3 of which were charged as manslaughter. Suspects have been identified in 69 cases, arrested in 67 and charged in 58.

Convictions have been obtained in 3 cases, one in which the charge was reduced to provocation manslaughter, one by plea to misdemeanor criminally-negligent homicide, and one by plea to reckless murder.

131 deaths resulted from shootings, 4 from blunt-force trauma, 7 from reckless driving, and 8 from unannounced causes. 25 incidents occurred outside at apartment complexes, 40 at private homes, 7 at businesses, 5 at private clubs, 1 outside a correctional facility, 1 in a cemetery, 3 at private parking lots, and 65 on the streets. 65 deaths were reported in the West Precinct, 34 in the East Precinct, 21 in the South Precinct and 30 in the North Precinct.

51 deaths came during altercations, at least 17 of which were apparently domestic in nature. 45 appeared to have been targeted assaults; 3 took place during robberies; 3 were carried out in self-defense; 1 was a police shooting; 7 were the result of reckless driving, and 2 came from stray bullets. A motive in 37 other deaths has not been publicized. At least some of the targeted assaults may have involved associates of the H2K and 420 street gangs engaged in a cycle of retaliation.

131 victims were male and 22 were female.

Listing by date

  1. January 1: Fernando Jose Cruz-Soto, 20, died at UAB Hospital after being found shot in a parking lot after a reported early morning fight on the 300 block of 24th Street South in the Southside neighborhood. No arrest. (report)
  2. January 1: Timothy Dean Pinson, 32, was found shot to death in a car at the Vida on Valley apartments on the 800 block of Cable Car Court off Valley Avenue in Glen Iris. No arrest. (report)
  3. January 4: Michelle Kemp Gilder, 40, was shot to death in a vehicle on Treadwell Road near Tarrant-Huffman Road, along the northern fenceline of Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport property in Brownsville Heights. Her husband was grazed by a bullet in an apparently targeted assault. Charles Eugene Knight Jr was arrested in February and charged with capital murder and attempted murder. (report)
  4. January 4: Leeco Whittington, 24, died at UAB Hospital from gunshot wounds suffered during an assault at the Citgo gas station at 36 South Park Road Southwest in Central Park. Two suspects fled in a silver sedan. No arrests. (report)
  5. January 7: William Kenneth Kennard, 57, was found shot to death and burned near the intersection of Birmingport Road and Slayden Avenue in Sherman Heights. No arrest. (report)
  6. January 8: Ed Franklin Harris, 49, was shot to death while riding a motorcycle at 16th Way Southwest and Matt Leonard Drive at the border of Powderly and Mason City. Multiple suspects abandoned a vehicle at the scene and fled on foot. No arrests. A person of interest was questioned but not charged. (report)
  7. January 8: Yasmine Wright, 16, was struck and killed by a bullet from the same shooting.
  8. January 12: De'Undray Nakil Haggard, 18, was shot to death on the 2900 block of John Bryan Road in the Kimbrough Homes public housing project in the Industrial Center neighborhood. A 16-year-old suspect was arrested and charged with capital murder. (report)
  9. January 14: Richard Lewis Spence Jr, 56, died at Princeton Baptist Medical Center of a gunshot wound suffered during an argument at a nearby house on the 800 block of 7th Street Southwest in Arlington-West End. Clearence Speed Jr was arrested and charged with capital murder. Speed was later also charged with the 2021 murder of 2-year-old Major Turner in Wenonah. He was indicted for both homicides in June 2022. (report)
  10. January 28: Javarius "Deno" Reid, 17, was shot to death on the 2900 block of 16th Street North outside the ACIPCO plant. Investigators believe he was struck by crossfire as the car he was riding in passed near a gunfight. No arrest. (report)
  11. January 30: Asia Rashay Heard, 36, was killed when the Kia Optima she was driving was struck head-on on the 200 block of Killough Drive in Killough Springs. The other driver, Tiffany Jacquelle Roseman, was arrested in October and charged with reckless manslaughter. (report)
  12. February 5: Chico Guest, 17, was shot to death by a parking lot attendant near the intersection of 10th Avenue North and 18th Street in Fountain Heights. Kambran Tremaine Young was also wounded in the shooting, that was ruled justified as self-defense during an attempted robbery. Young was subsequently charged with felony murder as an accomplice in the crime that led to Guest's death. (report)
  13. February 17: Felicia A. Ford, 49, was found shot to death after an apparent domestic incident at an apartment in the Cooper Green Housing Community on the 1700 block of 14th Way Southwest in Mason City. Alton Dewayne Portlock was arrested in Mobile and charged with capital murder. (report)
  14. February 18: Randall Quentin "Que" Johnson, 38, was struck and killed while riding a scooter on the 900 block of Five Mile Road in Roebuck. Erica Nicole Williams was determined to have been speeding and driving recklessly when she struck him with her Chevrolet Spark. She was arrested and charged with reckless manslaughter. She pleaded guilty to a reduced charge of criminally-negligent homicide and sentenced to 12 months with a minimum of 6 months served and 2 years of probation. (report)
  15. February 19: Anthony Jackson, 46, was shot to death during an apparent attempted robbery in front of his house at 1745 33rd Street Ensley in Ensley Highlands. No arrest. (report)
  16. February 20: Jeremiah Collier, 16, was found shot to death in a car that rolled into a house at 5116 Court O Ensley. Two 16-year-old suspects were arrested and charged in June 2022. (report)
  17. February 20: Todd Lorenza Johnson Jr, 16, and a friend of Collier's, was found shot to death near the intersection of 57th Street and Avenue P. Investigators believe he was shot while in the same car with and fell while trying to flee on foot. Another male was grazed in the hand. The two 16-year-old suspects charged in Collier's death were also charged for killing Johnson. (report)
  18. February 20: Yalunda Watts Young, 46, died at UAB Hospital from gunshot wounds suffered in an assault outside the 604 Bar & Lounge at 604 9th Street North in Smithfield. No arrest. (report)
  19. February 21: Joshua Isaiah Carpenter, 26, was found dead after a reported shooting outside an apartment on the 1700 block of 33rd Street North in Norwood. No arrest. His brother Brandon was shot to death in November. (report)
  20. February 22: Demetrius John-Mario Young, 30, was found shot to death inside a house on the 500 block of 83rd Place South in South East Lake. Another man was lightly wounded in a confrontation that escalated to shooting. (report)
  21. February 23: Keleen Rashad Connell, 27, was shot to death by a Birmingham Police officer on the 4300 block of Morris Avenue in North Avondale following a conflict that began near the intersection of 1st Avenue North and 41st Street North. The Alabama State Bureau of Investigation reviewed the circumstances of the police shooting and reported their findings to the Jefferson County District Attorney's Office, which ruled the shooting justified and filed no criminal charges. (report)
  22. February 24: Marcus Antonio Williams, 50, was found shot to death at the wheel of a car on the 600 block of 1st Street North in Smithfield. No arrest. (report)
  23. February 25: Marquis Antone Black Jr, 22, was found shot to death in a courtyard at an apartment complex at 957 47th Street North in Kingston. The suspected shooter(s) fled the scene in a sedan. (report)
  24. February 26: Navari Deon Jones, 38, was found shot to death in a car which crashed on the 1700 block of 1st Avenue North near Birmingham Police Headquarters in Fountain Heights following a reported shooting at the Tru-Riders Motorcycle Club at 905 Reverend Abraham Woods Jr Boulevard in Smithfield. Two females were also injured by gunfire at the club. Ernando Daron Dorsey was arrested in Calera in March and charged with murder, aggravated assault and domestic violence. He was indicted by a grand jury in November. (report)
  25. February 26: Nadarrius Lewis, 28, was found shot to death and another man wounded by gunshot outside an apartment in the Forest Hills Village complex at 2600 Tempest Drive Southwest in Garden Highlands. Lewis is believed to have confronted the other man at his ex-girlfriend's apartment. The shooting was ruled a justifiable homicide. (report)
  26. February 28: Angel Esteban Hernandez, 37, was found shot to death in a Chevrolet Trax stopped in the emergency lane of I-65 north near the Finley Boulevard exit in North Birmingham. No arrest. (report)
  27. March 1: KeAyron Hill, 26, was found shot to death on the 2100 block of Powderly Avenue in the Jones Valley neighborhood following an altercation. No arrest. (report)
  28. March 5: Jaylon Palmore, 13, was killed in a drive-by assault while sitting on the front porch of his home at 7512 1st Avenue South in East Lake. Another man was injured. Tadarius Rashad Hammond was arrested in September and charged with capital murder. (report)
  29. March 6: Aven Deione Mitchell, 21, died at UAB Hospital from gunshot wounds sustained in a shooting near the intersection of 13th Street and Avenue V in Ensley. He was found in a car with another wounded man that came to a stop near Birmingham Fire Station 18. No arrest. (report)
  30. March 7: Tamaiya Morton, 26, was found shot to death behind the wheel of an SUV which crashed into a utility pole on the 900 block of 46th Place North in the Rev. Dr Morrell Todd Homes public housing community in Kingston. Raven Teaire Thompson was taken into custody nearby and later charged with capital murder. (report)
  31. March 16: Jonathan Earl Dancer, 26, died at UAB Hospital from gunshot wounds suffered during an altercation at 6648 Division Avenue in East Lake. A person of interest was detained for questioning, but investigators determined he had fired in self-defense and filed no criminal charges. (report)
  32. March 16: Darrius Deveal Frazier, 25, acquitted in January of the October 2019 murder of Gjamal Antonio Rodriguez, died at UAB Hospital from gunshot wounds suffered in the parking lot of the Springfield Landing Apartments 1061 Huffman Road in Roebuck. Another person was wounded. No arrest. (report)
  33. March 19: Christopher Duane Watkins, 56, was found dead from gunshot wounds in a field formerly used as a trash dump near Little Shades Drive off of Lakeshore Parkway at Wheeling Crossroad in the Oxmoor neighborhood. His death was investigated by the Jefferson County Sheriff's Department. Justin Lemar Harris and Cadarrion Jerrod Zinnerman were arrested and charged with capital murder. (report)
  34. March 21: Calvin Dewayne Jackson III, 24, was shot to death outside a home at the University Crossings Apartments on the 200 bock of 3rd Avenue Southwest in Titusville North. Police responding to a report of a hostage situation witnessed the homicide and fired shots at the female shooter, injuring and disarming her. She was taken to UAB Hospital. The Alabama State Bureau of Investigation is reviewing the incident. No charges have been filed. (report)
  35. April 3: Antwon Ladarius Truss, 36, was found shot to death at his home at 1441 67th Street Ensley near Green Acres Elementary School in Green Acres. A female suspect was taken into custody. (report)
  36. April 3: Cynthia Delane Burt, 62, was found dead from apparent blunt force trauma at her home at 4909 Hillman Drive Southwest in the Hillman neighborhood. Her son, Desmond Deon Burt, was arrested and charged with capital murder. (report)
  37. April 3: Desmond Burt Jr, 3, her grandson, was killed in the same incident.
  38. April 6: Christopher Bighames, 57, was found shot to death in his apartment at 933 52nd Place North in Woodlawn. No arrest. (report)
  39. April 8: Veronica Joseph, 46, was shot to death and two men wounded in a shooting outside a house on the 1400 block of 33rd Street Ensley in Ensley Highlands. Her son, Jamari Lee Cook, was arrested and charged with murder and attempted murder. He was indicted on those charges in September. (report)
  40. April 10: Daniel Cook, 48, was found shot to death after an apparent domestic dispute at his home on the 900 block of 10th Street Southwest in Arlington-West End. Joseph Andrew Edwards was arrested and charged with murder. He was indicted on those charges in September. (report)
  41. April 15: Mickey Collins, 25, was shot to death while inside a parked car on the 1700 block of Avenue D in Ensley. No arrest. (report)
  42. April 17: Arthur Armstrong, 42, was shot to death during a domestic argument at his home on the 1200 block of Stonecrest Drive in Spring Lake. A cooperating female was questioned at Birmingham Police Headquarters and the Jefferson County District Attorney's Office determined that the shooting was justifiable. No criminal charges were filed. (report)
  43. April 19: The remains of Deandre Perkins Jr were found burning on the 500 block of Jersey Street in Wylam. No arrest. (report)
  44. April 24: Urian Dion Woods, 40, died at UAB Hospital from a gunshot wound suffered on the 2300 block of 7th Avenue North near Phillips Academy in the Central City neighborhood. Woods made it to Marconi Park on foot before collapsing. Dmarcco Harris, already charged with murder in the April 29 death of Roderick Williams, was charged with capital murder. (report)
  45. April 25: Davion Marcell "Trigga" Hickley, 19, died at Princeton Baptist Medical Center after a gun battle on the 800 block of 3rd Avenue West on the border of Bush Hills and Rising-West Princeton. Two others suffered minor injuries. No arrests. Hickley has been associated with the H2K street gang. (report)
  46. April 25: Jomorion Gordon, 19, died at UAB Hospital from gunshot wounds, after being found unresponsive behind the wheel of a car that struck a tree on the 8300 block of 4th Avenue South in South East Lake. No arrest. (report)
  47. April 27: Le'Kameren Deru, 22, was shot to death and another person seriously wounded in a car-to-car assault on Bankhead Highway near the intersection with Finley Boulevard in Thomas. No arrest. (report)
  48. April 29: Roderick Mariachi Williams, 25, was shot to death during an altercation on a stairway at an apartment complex on the 4200 block of 2nd Avenue South in Forest Park-South Avondale. Another male was critically wounded. Dmarcco Harris, who took credit for the shooting in a Facebook Live video, was arrested and charged with murder and attempted murder. (report)
  49. April 30: Jonathan Edmond, 30, was found dead from a gunshot wound alongside the road on the 700 block of New Hill Avenue in East Brownville. No arrest. (report)
  50. May 4: Jamie Monte Gibson, 16, died at Grandview Medical Center from gunshot wounds. He was found lying off the exit ramp from I-459 onto Overton Road in the Overton neighborhood, presumably having been shot in a car beforehand. A red Toyota Camry is sought in connection with the shooting. No arrest. (report)
  51. May 5: Courtney Demond Mays, 41, was found shot to death on the sidewalk on the 1600 block of 26th Avenue North in Acipco-Finley. Investigators believe a dispute may have begun inside a nearby home. Roderick Jimelle Needham Jr was arrested and charged with murder. (report)
  52. May 7: Teresa Denise Coleman, 45, was found shot to death in a vehicle on 32nd Street Southwest at Beulah Avenue in Germania Park. Stephone Danie Byrd was arrested and charged with capital murder. He was indicted on that charge in November. (report)
  53. May 14: Justin Andrew Snow, 38, was found shot to death behind the wheel of a white Ford Edge that crashed into a median barrier on I-20/59 south, just west of Arkadelphia Road in the Thomas neighborhood. No arrest. (report)
  54. May 16: Latilsha Aundrella Burrell, 39, was killed in a head-on collision on the 900 block of Five Mile Road in Roebuck. Derrick Deremco Watkins was arrested and charged with reckless murder. (report)
  55. May 16: Daniel Richard Garrick, 83, was found beaten to death in his home on the 600 block of Sheridan Road in Sandusky. Jarvas Tremaine Henderson, already jailed as a suspect in the June murder of Justin Brown, was charged in September with capital murder during a burglary in connection with Garrick's death. He was indicted on that charge in November. (report)
  56. May 16: Dwaine Thomas, 17, was fatally wounded by gunshot during an altercation on the 1200 block of Tuscaloosa Avenue Southwest in Arlington-West End. Jemarien Zachius Goree was arrested and charged with capital murder. The suspected shooter, Derrick Michael Stone Jr, was arrested in June 2023 and also charged with capital murder. (report)
  57. May 23: Alpatrick McKinstry, 32, was shot to death in a domestic argument at a home on the 1300 block of 60th Street Ensley in Green Acres. Tykirel Jordan called police from Fairfield to report shooting him. She was questioned and later charged with capital murder. (report)
  58. May 23: David Gibbs Westbrook Jr, 50, was found shot to death in an SUV which crashed into a utility pole at 135 54th Street North in Woodlawn. No arrest. $20,000 in rewards have been offered for information that leads to an arrest. (report)
  59. May 31: Maurice Montrell Lewis, 29, was killed by gunfire while walking along an alley between 11th Avenue North and 11th Court North near Center Street in East Thomas. No arrest. (report)
  60. May 31: Tarlumi C. Bonner, 21, was killed on his sofa from shots fired from outside his home on the 4200 block of 41st Avenue North in Inglenook. No arrest. (report)
  61. June 4: Rayshod Goldthwaite, 18, was found shot to death behind the wheel of a car that crashed into Dinkey's Auto Collision Center at 608 2nd Avenue North in Smithfield. Martez Willearl Jefferson, already jailed in another shooting, was charged with capital murder. (report)
  62. June 6: Michael Lazaria Arrington, 37, was killed in an assault while in a parked van on 40th Street Ensley near Avenue L in Belview Heights. A female passenger was also injured. No arrest. (report)
  63. June 7: Domonique Deandre Williams, 25, was shot to death in a car-to-car assault on the 1600 block of Avenue J in Ensley. Another male was injured. No arrest. (report)
  64. June 9: Frisco Jackson Dowdley, 35, was shot to death during a verbal argument at the Alameda Terrace Apartments on the 1700 block of Alemeda Avenue Southwest in Arlington-West End. No arrest. (report)
  65. June 11: Morrion Montrie Hamilton, 43, was shot to death during an argument on the 7500 block of 66th Court Way South in the Marks Village public housing project in Gate City. Cedric Lamar Willis was arrested in July and charged with his murder. He was convicted at trial on a reduced charge of provocation manslaughter before Judge Kechia Davis in August 2023. (report)
  66. June 11: Frankie Keonte McDonald, 24, died at UAB Hospital from a gunshot wound suffered during an altercation that started at a pool party at the HighPointe Apartments on the 1200 block of Beacon Parkway East in Glen Iris. Two others were injured by gunfire. Jessica Threatt, a resident who confronted partygoers with a rifle, was arrested and charged with murder and attempted murder. (report)
  67. June 19: Justin Jai Brown, 22, died at UAB Hospital from gunshot wounds suffered following an argument on the 5900 block of Warner Street in Roosevelt. Jarvas Tremaine Henderson, Ranisha Nicole Wright, and Joshua Holmes, were arrested and charged with his murder. Henderson was indicted on a capital murder charge in August (report)
  68. June 22: Christina Marie Torres, 48, was found dead at a home at 313 6th Street Southwest in Arlington-West End. Investigators have classified the death as a homicide, but have announced neither a cause of death or the arrest of a suspect. (report)
  69. June 25: Jaylan Bloxom, 18, died at UAB Hospital from gunshot wounds suffered following an argument on the 7500 block of 67th Court Way South in the Marks Village public housing community in Gate City. Marcus Harper was arrested and charged with murder. (report)
  70. June 26: Horace Berry Jr, 50, was found shot to death on the 1600 block of 19th Street in Tuxedo. His death is believed to have resulted from a domestic argument with another male, who left the scene with a female relative of Berry's. Keionta Dicques Harris was arrested and charged with murder. (report)
  71. June 27: Benjamin Lee Doaks, 59, was found dead from blunt force trauma on the 200 block of 6th Place North, near Firehouse Ministries shelter in Smithfield. No arrest. (report)
  72. July 3: Darneshia Mosley, 25, died at UAB Hospital from a gunshot wound suffered during an apparent domestic dispute in the parking lot of Church's Chicken at 824 3rd Avenue North in Smithfield. A grand jury returned no indictment against the suspect initially charged. (report)
  73. July 8: Kiara Holcombe, 32, was found shot to death in a vehicle that came to rest at the intersection of Center Street and 4th Avenue South in North Titusville. No arrest. (report)
  74. July 8: The remains of Cedric Lenard Terry, 56, were found inside a burned vehicle in the Fraternal Cemetery off of Sheridan Road in Pratt City. The cause of death has not been determined, but Terry's death is being investigated as a homicide. (report)
  75. July 9: Joshua Javon Thomas, 25, was found shot to death outside the vacant East Thomas Apartments at 10th Place West and 22nd Avenue West in East Thomas. No arrest.
  76. July 11: Alonzo Colvin, 35, was found shot to death in a car near the intersection of Pratt Highway and Heflin Avenue West in Sandusky. Malarie Kay Holcomb, an ex-girlfriend previously convicted on domestic violence charges, was arrested and charged with capital murder. (report)
  77. July 16: Larry Taylor, 47, died at St Vincent's Medical Center from gunshot wounds suffered in an assault that took place as he left the Keeton Correctional Facility at 1609 7th Street North in Fountain Heights. The shooter fled in a white sedan. No arrest. (report)
  78. July 16: Rodriquez "Pete' Amison, 34, was found shot to death in a home on the 200 block of 52nd Street North in Woodlawn following an apparent domestic argument. Talana Wakesia Cherry was arrested at the scene and was convicted of murder at trial before Judge Stephen Wallace in January 2024. (report)
  79. July 22: Reed Anderson Rigsby, 23, was found shot to death in a short-term rental he had booked through AirBnB on the 4500 block of 6th Avenue South in Forest Park-South Avondale. No arrest. A $20,000 reward is offered for information leading to an arrest. (report)
  80. July 23: Kavas Jemison, 16, was found shot to death in the back seat of vehicle on I-20/59 near the Bush Boulevard exit in Tuxedo. Police have interviewed persons believed to be involved and did not file criminal charges, but may present evidence to a grand jury for possible indictments. (report)
  81. July 24: Kamari Deshaun Adams, 14, was struck and killed by a vehicle involved in a street race on Bessemer Road at Avenue R at the boundary of Central Park and Belview Heights. Zenardo LeGrant Marshall Jr was indicted in October 2023 for manslaughter and leaving the scene of an accident. (report)
  82. July 24: Holli Jo Wilson, 38, was found beaten to death at her home on the 3100 block of 30th Avenue North in Collegeville. Her live-in boyfriend, Fessor Vontrese McKinney III, turned himself in and was charged with murder. (report)
  83. July 25: Dwight Deangelo Thomas Jr, 19, was killed in a large-scale shootout while driving a stolen SUV. He was found on the 700 block of 6th Avenue West in Graymont. (report)
  84. July 25: Frederick Hooks III, 34, was found shot to death near the 1600 block of 35th Street North in Norwood. Demarcus Antwaun Buffer was arrested and charged with capital murder. (report)
  85. July 26: Daniel Edward Fowler, 18, was found shot to death outside a car at the Kings Dream Apartments at 1432–1444 21st Street North in Druid Hills. No arrest. (report)
  86. July 27: Maleyk Kyre Bryant, 21, was found shot to death in an automobile which crashed into a parked vehicle on the 1300 block of 34th Street Ensley in Ensley Highlands. Another ma, JerMmarius Sills, was also wounded in an apparent targeted assault. No arrest. (report)
  87. July 28: Martez Demon Brown, 37, was found shot to death in a home on the 900 block of Meg Drive in Killough Springs. No arrest. (report)
  88. July 30: Bill Deran Brown Jr, 26, was found shot to death in a room at the InTown Suites at 424 Commons Drive off of Lakeshore Parkway in Oxmoor. The shooter fired into the room from outside after an argument. No arrest. (report)
  89. July 31: Robert Bernard Lewis, 22, was found shot to death outside an apartment building on the 1800 block of 15th Avenue North in Fountain Heights. No arrest. (report)
  90. August 7: Ja'Kia Winston, 19, was fatally struck by a stray bullet fired during a confrontation which broke out when a driver performing a burnout in the parking lot of Platinum of Birmingham at 821 2nd Avenue North in Smithfield struck a parked car. Ronald Demetrius White was arrested and charged with murder and reckless murder. He pleaded guilty to the lesser charge before Judge Michael Streety in October 2023 and was sentenced to 27 years in prison. Additional shooters are sought. (report)
  91. August 9: The remains of Nathan Gemeinhart, 42, were found in a house which was set on fire on the 1300 block of Eufaula Avenue in Bush Hills. Gemeinhart's Toyota Corolla was found less than a block away. Youit De Witt Jones, who lived next door, was arrested on a robbery charge in Ardmore, Oklahoma the following evening. In December 2022 a grand jury indicted Jones on charges of capital murder and second-degree arson. (report)
  92. August 11: Cheyanne Maria Wilson, 30, was found shot to death inside a home on the 2300 block of 20th Place Ensley in Ensley Highlands. Curtis Humphry was taken into custody in Liberty Highlands and charged with capital murder. (report)
  93. August 11: Reginald Jerome Reynolds, 41, who was visiting Wilson and was shot in the same incident, was found dead in a yard across from the same home.
  94. August 11: Jonathan Devon Glenn, 25, was found shot to death after an apparent assault outside an apartment building on the 2800 block of 29th Place Ensley in Fairview. No arrest. (report)
  95. August 12: Courtney Montez Craig, 35, was found shot to death in a vehicle on the 900 block of 4th Avenue West in Bush Hills. Xavier Lumpkin Jr was charged with capital murder and arrested in Lauderdale County, Mississippi in September. (report)
  96. August 13: Alfred Lorenzo "41st AJ" Jenkins Jr, 18, died at UAB Hospital from gunshot wounds suffered in an assault at the Shell gas station at 4012 Messer Airport Highway in North Avondale the previous afternoon. No arrest. Jenkins performed as a rapper and has been associated with the 420 street gang. (report)
  97. August 20: Jamari Smith, 22, was found shot to death in the front yard of a home at 4421 Ishkooda-Wenonah Road in Wenonah. Smith had survived a deadly shooting at Euphoria Sports Bar & Hookah Lounge a year earlier which resulted in the death of his then-girlfriend Lykeria Taylor. No arrest. (report)
  98. August 20: Cedric Mahaffey, 29, owner of Golds by Ced, was found shot to death inside a vacant home on the 500 block of Francis Place Southwest in Oakwood Place. Joshua Jermaine Burns and Jayveon Khiry Fleming were arrested for attempted robbery in October in Santa Clara, California. Because they had possession of Mahaffey's car Birmingham police were contacted to interview them, resulting in the two being charged with capital murder. (report)
  99. August 23: Brandon Eugene King, 40, was shot to death at the Red Top at Green Springs apartments at 2418 Green Springs Highway in Glen Iris. No arrest. (report)
  100. August 25: Dariuse Dewayne Benson, 37, was found shot to death in an alley near the 1600 block of 8th Street West in Thomas, following an assault at a nearby residence which injured four others. No arrest. (report)
  101. August 28: Ke'mon Latrelle Nord, 20, was killed in a shootout in the parking lot of the University Crossings Apartments on the 200 block of 3rd Avenue Southwest in Titusville North. Another male was critically injured. No arrest. (report)
  102. August 31: Derrell Lamont Willis, 20, died at UAB Hospital from wounds suffered in a shooting on the 500 block of 66th Street South in the Marks Village public housing community in Gate City. D'Angelo Rashad Edwards, who had been arguing with Willis, was arrested and charged with murder. (report)
  103. September 2: Demarkus Etwan Moss, 22, was shot to death while in a car on the 800 block of Arkadelphia Road in College Hills, which collided with another vehicle on the 1000 block. His two young children who were in the car were injured in the collision and taken to Children's Hospital in critical condition. No arrest. (report)
  104. September 3: Rodriquez "Dreke" Powell, 32, was shot to death in a drive-by assault on the 4200 block of Inglenook Street in Inglenook. His cousin, who was in the car with him, was also killed. No arrest. (report)
  105. September 3: Justin Taylor, 35, shot in the same drive-by, died from gunshot wounds at UAB Hospital.
  106. September 3: Jalen Jamarcus "Hector" Tolbert, 24, was one of two males shot to death in a shootout on the 100 block of 3rd Avenue West in the Elyton Village public housing community in Graymont. No arrest. (report)
  107. September 3: Marquse Terrail Yarbrough, 25, was killed in the same shootout.
  108. September 5: Michael David Lyle, 45, was shot to death, and another man injured, in a shooting at The Quest nightclub at 416 24th Street South. Lyle is believed to have been a bystander struck during a dispute between two others. A person of interest contacted 911 and was taken into custody from Marguerite Circle in Grayson Valley for questioning. (report)
  109. September 5: Keondra Ra'Shun "Keke" Hollis, 23, died at Princeton Baptist Medical Center from gunshot wounds suffered during a shootout which followed continual verbal sparring at the University Crossings Apartments on the 200 block of 3rd Avenue Southwest in Titusville North. Sabrina Andrews was arrested and charged with capital murder. She was indicted on that charge in April 2023. (report)
  110. September 6: Corye Daniels, 31, was shot to death during a dispute in an apartment on the 1400 block of 17th Street North in Fountain Heights. The other person involved surrendered to police and was charged. (report)
  111. September 9: Courtney Demond Hughley, 44, was found shot to death on the 1200 block of 3rd Avenue North in Fountain Heights. Roderick Jimelle Needham Jr was arrested in October and charged with murder. (report)
  112. September 11: Christopher Lamar Tanks, 29, was killed in a drive-by shooting which took place during his birthday party on the 5600 block of Avenue I Ensley in Belview Heights. Another man was injured. No arrest. (report)
  113. September 11: Deandre Martez Moore, 29, was shot to death during his birthday party at a house on the 5600 block of Avenue I Ensley in Belview Heights. Another man was injured. His brother was seriously injured in the same shooting. (report)
  114. September 11: Nickelas Kristerpher Kelly, 21, was found shot to death in a car on the 6100 block of Avenue O, near Rozelle Reynolds Park in Green Acres. Kelan Wayne Hutchins and James Devontae Flannigan were indicted for reckless manslaughter in 2023. (report)
  115. September 20: Stephen Lawrence Scott Jr, 19, was found shot to death in a car following a shootout at the Adona Apartments at 700 Aspen Drive in Glen Iris. Another male was wounded. Lavell Onterria Burton was arrested in November and charged with capital murder. (report)
  116. September 22: Curtis Alvin Ware, 66, was found dead on the front porch of a home at 4127 43rd Avenue North in Inglenook. No arrest. (report)
  117. September 23: Brian Allen Wyatt, 41, was struck and killed by a vehicle near the McDonald's restaurant at 2733 University Boulevard in Southside. The driver left the scene. No arrest. (report)
  118. September 29: Adarius Jamar Peterson, 29, was shot to death during an altercation with a tow-truck driver in the Parking Enforcement Systems lot at 2605 5th Avenue South in Southside. After investigation it was determined that the driver's use of force was justified and no criminal charges were filed. (report)
  119. September 30: Asia Monique Johnson, 25, was found dead from injuries sustained from a pellet gun, at the intersection of 71st Street and 1st Avenue North in East Lake. No arrest. (report)
  120. October 2: Malik Syrmone Shelton, 26, was shot to death during an altercation on the 200 block of 16th Street South in Southside. Witnesses have been interviewed, but no arrests have been announced. (report)
  121. October 6: Tarik Juwan Hawkins, 20, died was killed in a car-to-car drive-by assault outside the Georgia Road Fish & Wings at 7555 Georgia Road in Gate City. Another man in the same car was injured. A suspect was charged. (report)
  122. October 9: Kenneth Dewayne Maddox Jr, 35, was found shot to death after an argument in a home on the 1900 Block of 28th Street Ensley in Ensley Highlands. No arrest. (report)
  123. October 9: Taurus Lamond Hearns, 49, died at UAB Hospital from injuries suffered in a hit-and-run while he was riding a bicycle at 1st Avenue South and 18th Street in Five Points South. James Louise Green Jr was arrested in March 2023 and charged with reckless manslaughter and leaving the scene of an accident. (report)
  124. October 9: The remains of Anthony Keith Hall Jr, 21, were found inside a burning car parked at the Westbury Apartments on the 3200 block of Avenue S Ensley in Ensley Highlands. No arrest. (report)
  125. October 11: Demetris Lendell Silliman Jr, 21, was found shot to death in a car on the 1100 block of Penfield Drive, near Zion City Road in Penfield Park. No arrest. (report)
  126. October 15: Roderick Earl Gray Jr, 25, was shot to death on the 200 block of 4th Street North, opposite the Playhouse II nightclub in Smithfield. A person of interest was interviewed by police. No arrest. (report)
  127. October 16: Carlos Antonio Stewart, 43, was shot to death during an argument near a food truck parked outside the Empire Gentlemen's Club at 100 3rd Avenue North in Smithfield. No arrest. (report)
  128. October 16: Cornelius Quinterryo Kennedy, 26, a food truck worker, was killed in the same dispute.
  129. October 20: Ty'nez Lloyd Durden, 17, died at Children's Hospital from a gunshot wound suffered during a drive-by assault outside The Ridge at Crestwood apartments on the 7700 block of Sunrise Lane in Eastwood three days earlier. No arrest. (report)
  130. October 25: Keyon Pollock, 22, died at UAB Hospital from a gunshot wound suffered near the 10 block of Elba Avenue, off Pratt Highway in Sandusky. No arrest. (report)
  131. October 27: Litfelton Alexander Frost, 32, was found shot to death on the front porch of a home on the 4100 block of 38th Avenue North in Inglenook. No arrest. (report)
  132. October 30: Marcelo Hopson, 44, died at UAB Hospital from gunshot wounds suffered while in his car at the Woodlawn Chevron at 16 64th Street North in East Lake on October 22. Jeremy Tellis Lee Hawkins and Jason Martez Johnson were arrested and charged with capital murder. Hawkins was found to be incompetent to stand trial and his charges were stayed pending treatment. Johnson's trial was scheduled for May 2024. (report)
  133. November 4: Jesse Dewayne Cummings Sr, 33, was shot to death in a car during an apparent domestic dispute at 45th Place North and 8th Court North at the Rev. Dr Morrell Todd Homes public housing project in Kingston. Andrew Ardrecus Bonner was arrested and charged with capital murder. He was indicted in February 2024. (report)
  134. November 8: Jamel Nathan Thomas, 29, died after being shot in the chest by a resident during an apparent attempted break-in at a home on Avenue O near Bessemer Road. The wounded man fled to the Chevron at 1318 Bessemer Road. The shooting was ruled justifiable by the Jefferson County District Attorney's office, and no charges were filed. (report)
  135. November 9: Montrail Tremaine Hardy, 21, died at UAB Hospital from gunshot wounds suffered in a shooting at the intersection of Richard Arrington Jr Boulevard North and 45th Street North in Kingston. No arrest. (report)
  136. November 12: Paul Everett Jordan, 59, was killed in a vehicle collision in a turn lane on the 9000 block of Parkway East in Roebuck. Carlos Maurice Caldwell, who was speeding and possibly participating in a street race, was arrested in December and charged with reckless murder. (report)
  137. November 15: Brandon Tavarius Carpenter, 28, disabled from injuries suffered in a 2016 shooting, was ambushed and shot to death in an alley off 41st Street North near Messer Airport Highway in North Avondale. No arrest. His brother Joshua had been shot to death in February. (report)
  138. November 16: Moriah Quib-Marquez, 14, died from injuries suffered when the SUV she was riding in was struck by multiple gunshots and crashed into a utility pole at 80th Street and 5th Avenue North in North East Lake. Two other adults and three other children in the SUV were also hurt, including Moriah's mother, who suffered critical injuries. Bruce Lanier Austin was taken into custody nearby and later charged with capital murder and attempted murder. He was held without bond until trial. (report)
  139. November 19: Zevin Lenard Patterson, 27, was shot to death during a family argument at a home in the Don L. West Manor apartments on Georgia Road and 59th Street South in Woodlawn. His brother, Devin Renard Patterson Jr, was charged with murder and turned himself in on November 28. (report)
  140. November 24: Quindarius Germon Peeples, 18, died at UAB Hospital from gunshot wounds suffered in a vehicle-to-vehicle shooting on the 400 block of Orchid Road in Killough Springs. No arrest. (report)
  141. November 26: Jerrod Excell Turner, 30, was found shot to death in the driveway of a vacant house on the 2800 block of 29th Street Southwest in the Industrial Center neighborhood. A 15-year-old suspect was arrested in January 2023. (report)
  142. December 2: Cornelius Arthour May Jr, 20, was killed in a shootout near the Chevron gas station at 1525 Finley Boulevard in Acipco-Finley. No arrest. (report)
  143. December 5: Timothy Wayne Worsham III, 22, was killed in a gun battle between two vehicles near the intersection of Parkway East and Springville Road leading toward Springville Landing Apartments in Roebuck. Two others were injured. No arrests. (report)
  144. December 8: Tobias Estrada McKinstry, 38, was one of two men fatally wounded by gunfire at the Shell gas station at 8300 1st Avenue North in North East Lake. Investigators learned that McKinstry had tracked his stolen car to the vicinity and confronted a woman in the store with a long gun. Another customer reacted by shooting McKinstry and another male. The shooter remained on the scene and, after questioning, was determined to have acted in self defense. No charges were filed. (report)
  145. December 8: Timmeric Leshawn Bryant, 22, who had accompanied the woman to the store, was shot to death in the same incident.
  146. December 18: Reginal Emanuel Duke Jr, 18, was pronounced dead at UAB Hospital after being found shot after a carjacking on the 400 block of 4th Street Thomas in Thomas. A'Marion De'Avion Yancey turned himself in to police and was charged with capital murder. (report)
  147. December 18: Charles Anthony Smith, 33, was shot to death inside a burning vehicle on the 1500 block of Tuscaloosa Avenue in Arlington-West End. No arrest. (report)
  148. December 20: DeAnthony Dewayne Samuels, 21, died at UAB Hospital from gunshot wounds suffered the night before from a gambling dispute at the intersection of 23rd Street North and Park Place, at Park Place Apartments in Central City. Two others were injured by gunfire. Quinton Kirby Little Jr turned himself in to police and was charged with murder. (report)
  149. December 21: Audriana "Minnie" Pearson, 12, was fatally wounded by bullets from a drive-by shooting outside her house on the 500 Block of 16th Avenue Northwest in Bridlewood. Three men were detained for questioning as persons of interest. Two of them, Ja'Von Eric Wilson and Jarei Lamar Vance were arrested and charged with capital murder. (report)
  150. December 22: Shundra Denise McCray Vines, 43, was killed in a car-to-car assault in a driveway on the 2500 block of 24th Street Ensley in Fairview. No arrest. A reward of up to $5,000 has been offered for information leading to an arrest. (report)
  151. December 22: Orlando Dewaun Ruffin, 37, died at UAB Hospital from gunshot wounds suffered during an argument at a home on the 2200 block of Beulah Avenue in Germania Park. Clinton Tyrone Ruffin was arrested and charged with murder. (report)
  152. December 26: Charles Edward Smith, 25, was found shot to death on the 2700 block of Jefferson Avenue in Germania Park. Two others were injured. Alphonso David Lockhart III was arrested and charged with murder. He was indicted for murder and attempted murder in June 2023. (report)
  153. December 26: Kamarian Morris, 18, died at UAB Hospital from gunshot wounds suffered in a car-to-car shooting on the 1400 block of Carson Road on the line between Killough Springs and Bridlewood. No arrest. (report)

Responses

In April, the Jefferson County Department of Health announced funding for a Hospital Violence Intervention Program to provide resources to victims of violent crime who are at risk of continued violence.

Multiple homicides related to street racing and exhibition driving led Mayor Randall Woodfin to promise stricter enforcement, additional physical deterrents, and to lobby for stronger laws against organized reckless driving.

In August, Al.com and The Birmingham Times announced a collaboration to report more comprehensively on factors fueling violence and giving voice to victims, community leaders, law enforcement, mental health experts and activists with views on the issue.

During a violent Labor Day weekend, Woodfin called out the names of five street gangs believed to bear responsibility for some of the shootings–H2K, 6500 Blys, 420, TMSG and CPMG– and asked friends and family of gang members to plead for truce.

Clergy Concerned for the Community held a three-night revival from September 6–8 at Olivet Monumental Baptist Church to call churches toward leadership in reducing violence.

In December Faith In Action held its annual "Lament and Hope Memorial Ride" to remember the lives lost to gun violence and join in hope for preventing future losses.

Alison Dearing of One Place Metro Alabama Family Justice Center has observed that many homicides resulted from escalation of other domestic violence crimes and that 69% of homicide offenders had a domestic violence history, suggesting that more impactful intervention could reduce homicide counts.

U.S. Attorney Prim Escalona and Jefferson County District Attorney Danny Carr have advocated for faster and more effective interventions against reported domestic violence cases as an effective means of reducing homicides. They reported that 71% of Jefferson County’s homicide offenders in 2022 had a prior history of domestic violence, and also noted that Jefferson County alone requires victims to appear in person to secure judicial orders of protection, many of which are never successfully served. Carr's office created a "Domestic Violence High-Risk Team" in 2022 to identify patterns of repeated or escalating abuse.

The Refuge In Troubled Times Community Development Corporation, led by Brenda Paige Ward, hosts an annual vigil at Kelly Ingram Park to remember victims of violence along with victims of the Covid-19 pandemic. Ward lost two brothers and a grandson to violence. Speakers at the vigil included Sheila Tyson, Mark Pettway, Danny Carr, Don Thomas, and members of What About Us.

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