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.

61 homicides have been reported in the city as of August 15, putting the city on pace for 98 for the year. Based on the 2015 census estimate of 212,461 population, that would represent 46.1 homicides per 100,000 residents. Birmingham had 100 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 52 homicides reported.

The city has averaged 8.2 homicides per month, or one every 3.7 days. There were 10 incidents in January, 6 in February, 10 in March, 9 in April, 6 in May, 11 in June, 5 in July and 4 so far in August. The longest stretch without a homicide was the 18 days between July 3 and 21. Eight violent deaths were reported on Sundays, 9 on Mondays, 9 on Tuesdays, 5 on Wednesdays, 7 on Thursdays, 12 on Fridays and 9 on Saturdays.

Of the 61 reported homicides, five were ruled justifiable by prosecutors and two were police shootings of armed suspects following car chases. One death of a fetus, although chargeable as homicide under state law, has not been classified as such. The police department therefore acknowledges 53 chargeable homicides, one of which has been charged as manslaughter and the rest classified as murders. Suspects have been identified in 36 of those cases, apprehended in 33, and charged in 29. Charges in one case have been dismissed.

At least 47 deaths resulted from shootings, five were caused by stab wounds, one from blunt force trauma, and one from strangulation. At least sixteen homicides took place inside homes, twenty on the streets, six in yards, nine at apartment complexes, one outside a nightclub, and four at places of business. Twenty-four were reported in the West Precinct, sixteen in the East Precinct, three in the South Precinct and thirteen in the North Precinct. Eleven deaths were the result of domestic disputes, twelve others from ongoing grudges, one from a dispute over a dice game, one from a bar fight, two from police shootings following car chases, and seven others resulted from robberies. Forty-nine victims were male and ten were female. Two were unborn fetuses.

Listing by date

1. January 1: Tiffany Nolan, 33, was fatally shot at a home on the 3600 block of Pine Avenue in Southwest Birmingham at 2:30 AM. Antwan E. 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)
2. 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)
3. January 8: White's unborn daughter died with her. No arrest or charge.
4. January 10: Devarus Newby, 33, was shot to death at what police described as a "crack house" on the 1100 block of 15th Street North. Jeremiah Price and Aisha Zakia Adams were arrested in February and charged with capital murder. The charge against Price was dismissed by Judge Tracie Todd due to a mishandled police interrogation. Adams, who investigators believe had been kicked out of the house before returning with an assault rifle, was indicted by a grand jury in June. (report)
5. 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. Jarrod Artez Hill, arrested on other charges, was later charged with capital murder for Walker's death. (report)
6. 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)
7. 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)
8. 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. Lee Andre Moultry was arrested in February and charged with murder. (report)
9. 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)
10. January 29: Kendrix Smith, 27, was shot in the back yard of a house on the 1700 block of Pearson Avenue Southwest. Michael Givan was charged with murder in February and he was arrested in April, but the charge was dismissed by Judge Tracie Todd in July for insufficient probable cause. (report)
11. February 12: Iesha Mayhand, 24, was shot to death on Brittain Street in Inglenook during an argument. Joyshlyn (or Josalyn) Evans was taken into custody at the scene and later charged with murder. (report)
12. February 13: Ronald Ray Cook, 45, died at UAB Hospital from gunshot wounds suffered the previous evening at 600 Lisa Lane in Roebuck. No arrest. (report)
13. February 16: Charles "Moonie" Birchfield, 27, was shot to death by his girlfriend during an argument outside their apartment on the 1600 block of Warrior Road. Michelle Horn was taken into custody at the scene and later charged with capital murder. (report)
14. February 18: Gwendolyn Ayers, 28, was shot to death and possibly run over on 15th Street West near 2nd Court West during an altercation with someone in a gold colored sedan. The early afternoon incident caused the nearby Princeton Elementary School to go on lockdown. (report)
15. February 23: Dewayne Powell, 41, was found shot to death inside his burning house on the 700 block of New Hill Avenue in East Brownville. Powell had been released from prison in April 2014 after serving 18 years of a 21-year sentence for the 1993 murder of his mother's friend, Willi Joe Reevers, on the same block. No arrest. (report)
16. February 26: Terrico Murphy, 30, was found shot to death at Ensley Park near the intersection of 26th Street and Avenue L. A witness saw him run toward the park after being shot on a nearby residential street. A white Nissan Maxima was seen leaving the scene. No arrest. (report)
17. March 6: Romello Pritchard, 21, was found shot to death at 5:15 AM on the 2300 block of 7th Place Northwest in the Sun Valley neighborhood near Jefferson State Community College. No arrest. (report)
18. March 6: Cortez Rhynes, 30, was found dead on the ground just before 3:00 PM outside of a vehicle on the 1700 block of 26th Avenue North near Eagle's Restaurant in the Acipco-Finley neighborhood. Rodarius Kwamaine Grimes had been involved in a previous auto collision with Rhynes and was meeting him to pay for repairs. He believed that Rhynes was drawing a gun, and shot first. Ten shell casings were found, but no other gun was recovered at the scene. Grimes' mother told police that her son may have been involved and convinced him to come forward. Grimes has a previous assault conviction and a previous murder charge that was dismissed. He was serving probation for a previous conviction of unlawful possession of a controlled substance at the time of the shooting. He was arrested and charged with capital murder. (report)
19. March 6: Matthew Dickerson, 27, was found dead in the front yard of a home on the 8100 block of 6th Avenue North near Lynn Park in East Lake. A suspect reportedly left the scene in a green SUV. A person of interest was taken into custody a few blocks away, but no charges have been filed (report)
20. March 10: Carl Hannah Jr, 56, died at UAB Hospital from trauma suffered in an assault on February 17 on the 200 block of 4th Terrace North. Fernando Gulley and Arshakia Chanae Walker were arrested in April and indicted by a grand jury on manslaughter charges in August. (report)
21. March 14: Angel Buford, 44, was found strangled to death near a burning dumpster outside the 1206 & 1208 Apartments on 10th Avenue North in Fountain Heights. No arrest. (report)
22. March 14: Maliek Lamare McBride, 18, was shot to death on the 1200 block of 12th Court North in Fountain Heights during an illegal transaction. Another male was seen fleeing the scene. No arrest. (report)
23. March 18: Roselyn D. Welton, 46, was found stabbed to death in her home at 612 72nd Street South in East Lake. Her son, Anton Cortez Welton, was found in her car with serious self-inflicted wounds at the Hunter Ridge Apartments in Irondale later that day. He was taken to a local hospital under guard, and was later charged with capital murder. (report)
24. March 19: Lawrence Thomas, 23, was killed in a car-to-car shootout just before 10:00 PM on the 8200 block of 3rd Avenue South. Investigators determined that Thomas had initiated the shooting and was killed in self defense. No charges were filed. (report)
25. March 21: Naki'a Darlene Harris, 18, and seven months pregnant, was shot to death in her bedroom at her home at 1604 8th Court West (15th Street Ensley) in Bush Hills. Joshua Watson, her boyfriend, was arrested and charged with capital murder. (report)
26. March 21: Harris' unborn son died in the same incident.
27. April 6: Anthony Walker, 61, was shot to death while sitting in his pickup truck on 5th Avenue in Wylam. Emanuel Cade was arrested a few days later and charged with capital murder. (http://www.al.com/news/birmingham/index.ssf/2016/04/suspect_charged_in_drive-by_sh.html report])
28. April 11: Joseuwell Markez Kirkland, 20, was shot to death in a dispute over a dice game inside a home on the 200 block of 21st Street Southwest. Nicholas Porter was arrested and charged with capital murder. (report)
29. April 16: Thebious Roland, 40, was shot to death at Roland's Auto Works on the 600 block of 6th Avenue North in Smithfield. No arrest. (report)
30. April 20: James Bennefield, 46, was found dead from a gunshot wound in the driveway of a home on the 1500 block of Lomb Avenue. After a short police chase, Bennefield's stolen pick-up truck crashed into a tree on Dorothy Drive near Cooper Green Park in the Powderly. Vershawn Edwards and Horayshio Fletcher were taken into custody and charged with murder. Bennefield's beagle, who had been in the truck with him, was found a day later and returned to his widow. (report)
31. April 25: Antonio Cortez Joiner, 27, died at Birmingham Fire Station No. 8 after fleeing from a shoot out that started during a private party inside the East Birmingham Lounge at 3923 Richard Arrington Jr Boulevard North. Another person was wounded. No arrest. (report)
32. April 26: Cassandra Hatter, 40, was stabbed to death in her home at 1058 Mesa Drive in Huffman. Her boyfriend, Tellis Deon Underwood, was arrested and charged with murder. (report)
33. April 26: Timothy Anthony, 30, was shot multiple times at a store on the 4500 block of Richard Arrington Jr Boulevard North. He was taken to UAB Hospital where he later died from his injuries. Martez Kelly was arrested the next day and charged with murder. (report)
34. April 29: Ronald Billingsley, 35, was killed in a shootout on the 6200 block of Handy Avenue in the Roosevelt neighborhood. The altercation was part of an ongoing dispute over the victim's girlfriend, who was the sister of the other shooter. Jeremy Bernard Robertson was arrested in July and charged with murder. Demarri Dayquan Duncan was arrested in August and also charged with murder. (report)
35. April 30: Ronald Brown, 55, was shot to death when he answered a knock on the door at his home on the 1300 block of Lake Lane in the Spring Lake neighborhood. No arrest. (report)
36. May 4: Martez Santoine Taylor, 31, was shot to death while driving on the 2900 block of 31st Street Ensley at 1:30 AM. Neighbors heard arguing prior to the gunfire. Shantea Rasha Blevins of Fairfield was arrested on June 1 and charged with capital murder, and also with offences related to drugs found in her possession when she was apprehended. (report)
37. May 5: Damon Lee McCann, 44, was shot to death in a large-scale shootout at the Valley Brook Apartments on Gallant Drive in Apple Valley. The rescue vehicle carrying him to UAB Hospital later collided with an SUV on Center Point Parkway at Roebuck Drive. Several persons present were taken into custody for questioning. David Davarius Nelson was charged with murder in June. (report)
38. May 5: Hanif Russ, 24, was found dead behind a residence on the 1500 block of 34th Street Ensley. No arrest. (report)
39. May 11: Coral Anita Wilson, 34, was shot to death during a rampage by the father of her eight children at their home at 1428 [[21st Street North in Druid Hills. Four of the children were injured by rifle fire. Sedrick Norris was arrested and charged with capital murder and attempted murder. (report)
40. May 13: Caudereo Tyrell Roseman, 28, was shot during an argument at Alameda Terrace Apartments on the 1700 block of Alameda Court. His family took him to Princeton Baptist Medical Center and he was transferred to UAB Hospital, where he died from his wounds. Samdrekus Eugene Bester was arrested the following day and charged with murder. (report)
41. May 29: Alex Walker, 31, was shot to death in front of a house on the 2800 block of Norwood Boulevard in Norwood. Walker had been involved in a shootout the previous day. No arrest. (report)
42. June 4: Kelvon Julius, 15, was shot to death at 2:45 AM on the 200 block of 12th Street South. Another teen was injured in the same shooting. Ian Tinsley, whose cousin had been targeted in a 2015 shooting in which Kelvon was involved, was arrested and charged with murder and attempted murder. Carlos McCain was arrested days later and also charged with murder. (report)
43. June 6: Eddie Casmer Townsend, 69, died at UAB Hospital from stab wounds suffered on May 6 at his home on Graymont Avenue. While receiving medical treatment, Townsend told police that he was attacked and robbed while doing yard work. Investigators later discovered that he had invented the story to protect a daughter who stabbed him in self-defense during a domestic confrontation. Due to the circumstances of the altercation, police determined that the homicide was justifiable. (report)
44. June 7: Quentin McDaniel, 26, an alleged drug dealer, was shot while driving his car on the 800 block of 45th Street North in Kingston, after which he crashed into a tree. His mother told the News that he was caught up in a dispute about a woman between McDaniel's brother and the shooters. He was taken to UAB Hospital where he was pronounced dead. No arrest. (report)
45. June 9: Alijah Donte Rogers, 21, was found shot to death on railroad tracks near the 1700 block of 36th Street North in Norwood. No arrest. (report)
46. June 9: William Michael Hollis, 34, was shot to death by an officer from the Irondale Police Department following a chase from the parking lot of the Crestwood Plaza shopping center at 1729 Crestwood Boulevard that ended with a collision between Hollis' Mazda Protege and an SUV near the intersection of 30th Street and 5th Avenue South in Lakeview. The police said that Hollis drew a handgun and threatened pursuing officers as he fled the scene on foot. The Alabama Law Enforcement Agency is investigating the officer-involved shooting. (report)
47. June 11: Dennis Stimpson, 54, was beaten to death at his apartment on the 6400 block of 1st Avenue South in South Woodlawn. The victim's boyfriend, Richard Demont Johnson, was arrested and charged with murder. (report)
48. June 17: Daniel Wideman, 19, an aspiring rapper, was hit in a drive-by shooting on the 4800 block of Avenue R Ensley in the Central Park neighborhood and died later at UAB Hospital. He car and phone were stolen. Moses Siedlik was arrested and charged with capital murder. (report)
49. June 18: Horacio Cooks, 28, suspected of working as a pimp, was found shot to death near the corner of 61st Street North and 1st Court North, behind the Sky Inn in the Woodlawn neighborhood. Jaquann Brown was arrested and charged with murder. (report)
50. June 20: Lindsey Franklin Jones, 33, was found dead in an overgrown area off 17th Street Southwest near Tuscaloosa Avenue and Pearson Avenue in Oakwood Place. No arrest. (report)
51. June 22: Isaiah Core III, 20, was shot by Shelby County Sheriff's Office deputies on Oporto-Madrid Boulevard near the I-20 off-ramp. Deputies had noted the suspicious black SUV at 2:30 AM at an apartment complex on U.S. Highway 280. When they attempted to stop the car, the driver led them on a chase into Birmingham. After he swerved toward an officer, one of the deputies fired. The driver was later pronounced dead at UAB Hospital. The passenger, Tracy O'Neal Jones, was arrested and charged with first-degree receiving stolen property. The SUV had been stolen and a stolen firearm was recovered from the vehicle. The Jefferson County Sheriff's Office and the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency are investigating the officer-involved shooting. (report)
52. June 24: Demarko Cortez Devan Harris, 30, was found dead next to a burning car on Smith Avenue off Wenonah Road in West Brownville. No arrest. (report)
53. July 1: Tyrone Taylor, 49, was stabbed to death at his home on the 8100 block of Rugby Avenue in South East Lake. Investigators believe that his stepson, Reginald Mott, killed him and then made up a story about a robbery to cover up the crime. He was arrested and charged with murder. (report)
54. July 2: Flores Jose Castaneda, 40, a transient who was first reported to appear to be Middle Eastern, was found shot to death on the 100 block of Oporto-Madrid Boulevard in South East Lake. An acquaintance of Castaneda, Quintarius Walker, was arrested on July 20 and charged with capital murder (report)
55. July 3: Timothy Cooks, 26, the cousin of June murder victim Horacio Cooks, was shot to death outside the Shell station on the 800 block of 3rd Avenue West. No arrest. (report)
56. July 21: Terrance Killings Kidd, 25, was shot to death and another man wounded in their car during a drive-by at a stoplight on Graymont Avenue at 12th Street West in Bush Hills. No arrest. (report)
57. July 25: Brandon Cantrell Hines, 28, died from gunshot wounds suffered during an altercation the previous Saturday evening at the Valley Brook Apartments at 2912 Gallant Drive. No arrest. (report)
58. August 7: The remains of Cheryl Harrell, 41, were found in a vacant apartment on the 1000 block of Sunhill Road. Investigators determined she had been strangled to death before her body was burned. Her son, Jonathan Pitts, was arrested and charged with murder. (report)
59. August 9: Calvin Foster, 21, was found shot to death at the Oaks at Springville apartments on the 600 block of Earline Circle in the Spring Lake neighborhood. No arrest. (report)
60. August 9: De'arrius Martez Portis, 29, died from wounds suffered in a shooting on July 28 at the Ensley Place Food Mart at 4000 Avenue I/Donald Parkway. The suspects fled in a black Dodge Charger, but abandoned it in Fairfield and escaped on foot. No arrest. (report)
61. August 13: Joshua Aaron Jamal Lewis, 24, was shot to death in his apartment on the 7700 block of 4th Avenue South in South East Lake. Investigators have identified an ex-boyfriend of another woman in the apartment as a suspect, but he has not yet been arrested or charged. (report)

See also

• List of homicides in 2016
• Birmingham homicides by year
• Crime in Birmingham