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This is a '''List of Birmingham homicides in 2017'''. It includes homicide cases occurring within the [[Birmingham|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. | This is a '''List of Birmingham homicides in 2017'''. It includes homicide cases occurring within the [[Birmingham|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. | ||
Ten homicides have been reported in the city as of February 7, putting the city on pace for 96 for the year. Based on the 2015 census estimate of 212,461 population, that would represent 44.7 homicides per 100,000 residents. Birmingham had 104 homicides in [[List of Birmingham homicides in 2016|2016]] and a record low of 62 homicides in [[List of Birmingham homicides in 2014|2014]]. The recent record high was 141 in [[List of Birmingham homicides in 1992|1992]]. At this time in [[List of Birmingham homicides in 2016|2016]] there had been 10 homicides reported. | |||
The city has averaged 7. | The city has averaged 7.8 homicides per month, or one every 3.8 days. There were 6 incidents in January and 4 so far in February. The longest stretch without a homicide was the 14 days between January 11 and 25. No violent deaths were reported on Sundays, 1 on a Monday, 4 on Tuesdays, 1 on a Wednesday, 2 on Thursdays, none on Fridays and 2 on Saturdays. | ||
Of the | Of the 10 reported homicides, 1 has been ruled justifiable by prosecutors. The police department therefore acknowledges 8 chargeable homicides, all classified as murders. Suspects have been identified in 5 of those cases, apprehended in 5, and charged in 2. | ||
Nine deaths so far have resulted from shootings and one was caused by stabbing. At least six incidents occurred on the streets, one inside a home, one at a business, and one at an apartment complex. Five were reported in the [[Birmingham Police Department West Precinct|West Precinct]], three in the [[Birmingham Police Department East Precinct|East Precinct]], one in the [[Birmingham Police Department South Precinct|South Precinct]] and one in the [[Birmingham Police Department North Precinct|North Precinct]]. One death began as a domestic argument, another from an ongoing grudge, one was the unintended victim of a stray bullet, one resulted from an attempted robbery, and the motive is unknown in four other cases. Eight victims were male and two were female. | |||
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# [[February 4]]: Curtis Lee Johnson, 48, died at [[St Vincent's East]] two days after being found with stab wounds at a friend's house on the 8000 block of [[1st Avenue South]] in [[South East Lake]]. No arrest. ([http://www.al.com/news/birmingham/index.ssf/2017/02/homicide_probe_underway_after.html report]) | # [[February 4]]: Curtis Lee Johnson, 48, died at [[St Vincent's East]] two days after being found with stab wounds at a friend's house on the 8000 block of [[1st Avenue South]] in [[South East Lake]]. No arrest. ([http://www.al.com/news/birmingham/index.ssf/2017/02/homicide_probe_underway_after.html report]) | ||
# February 4: Cassandra Cherry, 55, was shot to death inside her home on the 600 block of [[Goldwire Place]] in [[South Titusville]]. A 58-year-old male suspect turned himself in to police later the same day, but has not yet been charged. ([http://www.al.com/news/birmingham/index.ssf/2017/02/birmingham_woman_55_killed_in.html report]) | # February 4: Cassandra Cherry, 55, was shot to death inside her home on the 600 block of [[Goldwire Place]] in [[South Titusville]]. A 58-year-old male suspect turned himself in to police later the same day, but has not yet been charged. ([http://www.al.com/news/birmingham/index.ssf/2017/02/birmingham_woman_55_killed_in.html report]) | ||
# [[February 7]]: An unnamed male was shot to death outside [[Railroad Square]] at the intersection of [[2nd Avenue South]] and [[18th Street South|18th Street]] in the [[Five Points South neighborhood|Five Points South]] neighborhood. No arrest. ([http://www.al.com/news/birmingham/index.ssf/2017/02/young_man_shot_to_death_on_2nd.html report]) | |||
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Revision as of 18:07, 7 February 2017
This is a List of Birmingham homicides in 2017. 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.
Ten homicides have been reported in the city as of February 7, putting the city on pace for 96 for the year. Based on the 2015 census estimate of 212,461 population, that would represent 44.7 homicides per 100,000 residents. Birmingham had 104 homicides in 2016 and a record low of 62 homicides in 2014. The recent record high was 141 in 1992. At this time in 2016 there had been 10 homicides reported.
The city has averaged 7.8 homicides per month, or one every 3.8 days. There were 6 incidents in January and 4 so far in February. The longest stretch without a homicide was the 14 days between January 11 and 25. No violent deaths were reported on Sundays, 1 on a Monday, 4 on Tuesdays, 1 on a Wednesday, 2 on Thursdays, none on Fridays and 2 on Saturdays.
Of the 10 reported homicides, 1 has been ruled justifiable by prosecutors. The police department therefore acknowledges 8 chargeable homicides, all classified as murders. Suspects have been identified in 5 of those cases, apprehended in 5, and charged in 2.
Nine deaths so far have resulted from shootings and one was caused by stabbing. At least six incidents occurred on the streets, one inside a home, one at a business, and one at an apartment complex. Five were reported in the West Precinct, three in the East Precinct, one in the South Precinct and one in the North Precinct. One death began as a domestic argument, another from an ongoing grudge, one was the unintended victim of a stray bullet, one resulted from an attempted robbery, and the motive is unknown in four other cases. Eight victims were male and two were female.
Listing by date
- January 2: Christina Anderson, 30, of Hoover died from a gunshot wound suffered the previous evening while she was walking with another person on the 800 block of Center Street North in Smithfield. She was driven to Princeton Baptist Medical Center and later transferred to UAB Hospital where she died Monday morning. No arrest. (report)
- January 3: Randale Lamar Oden, 34, a Bessemer resident previously charged with operating an illegal casino, was shot to death outside a unit at The Oaks Apartments on Earline Circle in the Spring Lake neighborhood. He had been fighting with an ex-girlfriend and followed her to the residence of an acquaintance of hers. Oden was killed in the resulting fight with the acquaintance. The shooter was taken into custody, but was not charged after officials determined the homicide was justifiable. (report)
- January 11: Rashiem Hakiem Porter, 26, was shot to death during a fight in the parking lot of the Best Convenience Store on Pearson Avenue at 17th Place Southwest in Oakwood Place. Joshua Louis Cowans of Hueytown was arrested and charged with capital murder. (report)
- January 25: Decarlos Jordan, 39, was shot to death as he left a friend's house on the 4900 block of Court I in Belview Heights. No arrest. (report)
- January 31: Andreas Kashif Brown, 33, was killed by a stray bullet during a shootout in Gate City. He was found on the 7500 block of 64th Court South. Both shooters fled and no arrests have been made. (report)
- January 31: Juzharis Quintez Webb, 17, was shot to death on the 3200 block of Cedar Avenue Southwest while walking home from Wenonah High School. Monsure Davis and ShaQuon Edwards were arrested after fleeing from the suspect vehicle, which was stolen. Davis, who had argued with Webb over a girl, is the suspected shooter and was charged with capital murder. Edwards was charged with first-degree theft. (report)
- February 2: Antwon Hawkins, 37, was shot to death on the 4100 block of 5th Court North in the Tom Brown Village housing project in North Avondale. No arrest. (report)
- February 4: Curtis Lee Johnson, 48, died at St Vincent's East two days after being found with stab wounds at a friend's house on the 8000 block of 1st Avenue South in South East Lake. No arrest. (report)
- February 4: Cassandra Cherry, 55, was shot to death inside her home on the 600 block of Goldwire Place in South Titusville. A 58-year-old male suspect turned himself in to police later the same day, but has not yet been charged. (report)
- February 7: An unnamed male was shot to death outside Railroad Square at the intersection of 2nd Avenue South and 18th Street in the Five Points South neighborhood. No arrest. (report)