List of homicides in 2018

This is a List of homicides in 2018, including homicide cases reported throughout the Birmingham District. To date, at least 92 homicides have been reported in the area for the year. Note that a "homicide" refers to the cause of death as determined by a medical examiner, not to the crime of murder as charged by prosecutors and adjudicated through the courts.

Bibb County

1. May 15: Jeveria Odess McCall, 35, was stabbed to death at the Bibb County Correctional Facility in Brent. Fellow inmate Keandre Derrod Houston was charged with his murder. (report)

Blount County

1. March 14; An unnamed male, 28, was shot to death during a struggle with his grandmother which broke out while she was helping him set up a campsite on Adams Road in Blountsville. A grand jury is deliberating on whether a criminal indictment is warranted. (report)
2. March 15: An unnamed male, 20s, was shot to death during a struggle with his father which broke out while the father was threatening to kill himself near Elvester Road south of Hayden. The father was detained for questioning, but no charges have been filed. (report)

Calhoun County

1. January 18: Heather Parker, 19, was one of three people shot to death in front of her father's home on Chinch Creek Road in the White Plains community northeast of Anniston. Her father, Anthony Wayne Parker, confessed by phone to his sister, and then shot himself in front of the Rabbittown General Store on Rabbittown Road. (report)
2. January 18: Anthony Parker's son, 12, was killed in the same incident.
3. January 18: Brandon Roberts, 20, Heather's fiancé, was killed in the same incident.
4. February 15: Connie Burgess, 41, was killed when hit by a train near Cooper Circle in Anniston. Train crew told investigators that her husband, Benny Burgess, caused her to be intentionally struck. He was arrested at the scene and charged with murder. (report)
5. June 2: The remains of Kelsey Abigail Williams, 26, were found behind a burning trailer behind the former R.J.'s Gas Station near U.S. Highway 431 in southern Glencoe. She died from blunt force trauma before her body was burned. No arrest. A white Plymouth Voyager van is sought in connection with the incident. (report)

Cullman County

1. February 25: Kelsey Marie Treadaway, 31, died from blunt force trauma after her Toyota Camry was struck from behind by a Chevrolet pickup truck driven by Brandon Adam Hamm on I-65 in Good Hope. Hamm, who drove away after the collision, was arrested and charged with felony leaving the scene of an accident. (report)
2. March 26: The remains of Daniel Ray Osborn II, last seen on February 3, was found buried in a yard in Fairview. Andrew Jacob Maresh and Tyler Stephen Hudson were arrested and charged with murder. (report)

Etowah County

1. January 4: Aaron Joe "A. J." Huff, 18, was shot to death while in a vehicle in at Hoke Street and Litchfield Avenue in Gadsden. The incident followed a previous altercation. Tyler Michael Abbott, Kalab Blake Whitworth, Jessie James Altman, Lonterry Orlando Harrison, and Broderick Pearson were all arrested and charged with capital murder. (report)
2. January 7: Kevin L. Winston, 48, was shot to death while in a vehicle outside a house on the 2800 block of Shahan Avenue in Gadsden. The shooting arose from an argument. Albert Peter "Lucky" Gargone was charged with capital murder. (report)
3. January 24: Joey Walker, 59, was one of two men found dead inside their apartment on the 800 block of Third Street Southwest (U.S. Highway 11 in Attalla. Joseph Randel Brown, an acquaintance of the victims, was arrested and charged with capital murder, aggravated animal cruelty, and first-degree burglary. (report)
4. January 24: Johnny Whisenant, 49, was found dead in the same incident.
5. January 25: An unnamed male died after being shocked with a taser during an altercation outside the Etowah County Sheriff's Office. The Oxford Police Department is investigating the incident. (report)
6. January 26: An unnamed male, 33, was shot to death in an apparent domestic dispute at a home on the 1100 block of Scenic Drive. A female suspect was taken into custody at the scene, but has not yet been charged. (report)

Jefferson County

64 total

Bessemer

1. January 13: LaRonald Cortez McDaniel, 21, was shot to death while sitting in a car with a woman in front of a residence on the 800 block of Gary Avenue. Investigators believe he was targeted in a drug-related dispute. Ebonee Sade Russell Malone was arrested in February and charged with capital murder. (report)
2. February 12: Timothy Wilson, 18, was shot to death while in a vehicle on the 700 block of Jefferson Avenue. The shooter, a female passenger in the car, had called 911 to report an assault before the shooting. She remained on the scene and was questioned, but has not been detained or charged. (report)
3. February 23: Lottie Mitchell Evans, 64, was killed when her Toyota Corolla was struck by a Cadillac Escalade driven by Onassis Fitzgerald Scarbrough near the intersection of Dartmouth Avenue and 28th Street Bessemer. Scarbrough had stolen the Cadillac, with a toddler in the back seat, from a Stop-N-Go convenience store nearby. He struck two other vehicles before hitting Evans' car head-on and rolling onto his side. He was arrested and charged with murder and kidnapping. (report)
4. February 28: Seddarrius Trimaine Chavers, 25, was shot to death on the 1900 block of Arlington Avenue. Zakerrius Kenissac Hale was arrested and charged with murder, but remains at large. (report)
5. March 12: Daniel Laverne Beams, 41, was shot to death in his car and left outside the Economy Inn at 1113 9th Avenue Southwest. His car was recovered in Tuscaloosa. Alexandria Stephens was charged with manslaughter. Another suspect, Parker Drake Herron was charged with theft of property. (report)
6. March 23: Devonte Rashaud Hunter, 22, was shot to death near the intersection of 27th Street and Seventh Avenue North Bessemer|7th Avenue North]]. No arrest. (report)
7. April 4: Vincent Webster Cole, also known as Vincent Cortez Webster, 20, was shot to death near Berkley Terrace and Clarendon Avenue in the Southside Homes public housing complex. The shooter fled in a Chevrolet Trailblazer. No arrest. (report)
8. April 14: Allen Jamichael Wilson, 24, was killed by a shotgun blast after an argument with a friend and coworker at a home on the 100 block of Deadrick Street. Joseph Lenair Burston was arrested and charged with murder and possession of a sawed-off shotgun. (report)
9. April 22: Laila Reid, 2, died from blunt force trauma suffered during an incident outside her home on the 1000 block of Manor Circle off Morgan Road. Her father, Ira Reid, admitted to throwing an exercise weight through the car window during an argument with her mother, causing her injuries. He was charged with murder, throwing a dangerous object into a vehicle, and 2nd and 3rd degree domestic violence. (report)

Birmingham

41 homicides. See List of Birmingham homicides in 2018 for details.

Center Point

1. April 10: Gavan Jamal Averhart, 30, was found shot to death in the driver's seat of an automobile on Hillview Lane Northwest in Center Point's Woodaire Estates subdivision. Ronnie Owens Davis was seriously injured and collapsed in a nearby yard. A third person, De'Erin Ward, was also wounded, and was taken to St Vincent's East in another vehicle. Ward told investigators that he had been picked up by the other two men in order to conduct a heroin transaction and that he returned fire after Averhart shot him first. Davis was charged with Averhart's murder under the "Felony Murder Rule". He was also wanted on several other outstanding warrants. Ward may also face charges. (report)

Clay

1. February 11: Brandon Alexander Burpo, 17, was shot to death outside his home on the 4400 block of Winchester Hills Way in Clay's Winchester Hills subdivision. The shooting appears to have been a targeted retaliation for a robbery. Traquarus Malik Brannon was charged with capital murder and Jada Lyniese Williams was charged with felony murder. (report)
2. May 5: Shaquille Tyra Crayton, 24, was shot to death at Cosby Lake Park. His girlfriend told authorities that he had assaulted her and she shot him in self defense. (report)

Fairfield

1. January 13: Bradley Neil Watkins, 50, was killed by a stray bullet while in his 3rd floor room at the America's Best Inn & Suites on Kelco Place. The incident involved a group of teenagers that had congregated at the motel. Scores of rounds were fired in the shootout that may have been motivated by retaliation for an earlier incident. Several individuals were detained for questioning but no charges have been filed. (report)
2. February 6: Terrence Tomez Turner, 22, was shot to death in a vehicle on the 4900 block of Farrell Avenue. No arrest. (report)
3. February 15: Tony Alberigi, 59, general manager of Western Hills Mall, was killed in a major shootout between two groups outside the mall. Rashaan Cepadio Brown, Ronald Dewayne Weaver, and Anthony Treshun Johnson were arrested and charged with murder. Investigation of other possible suspects is ongoing. (report)

Gardendale

1. March 18: Theresa Lynn "Terri" Miller, 47, former manager of the Irish Deli, was found beaten to death in her home on the 400 block of Greenwood Avenue. Her boyfriend, Jon Rodney Bowden, was arrested a day later and charged with her murder. (report)

Hoover

1. May 11: Tavarious Jamal Bryant, 22, was shot to death outside his home in The Cliffs at Rocky Ridge apartment complex on the 700 block of Wisteria Place. No arrest. (report)

Lipscomb

1. May 2: David Wayne Horn, 59, was found dead after a fire at his home on the 6400 block of 7th Street South. Evidence of an accelerant prompted an investigation into the possibility that of homicide. (report)

Morris

1. March 12: Joel Nathan Murphree, 37, was shot to death at the home of his estranged wife in the Rolling Hills Village mobile home park off of Morris Majestic Road in the Berlin community. The wife was detained for questioning. (report)

Trussville

1. February 9: The remains of Joe Fred Skelton Jr, 47, were found under debris near Commerce Drive and U.S. Highway 11. Investigators believe his body was brought there and concealed, but there is no clear evidence that he died from homicide. No arrest. (report)

Unincorporated Jefferson County

1. January 6: Jackie Harlan Roberts, 62, died at UAB Hospital after being shot in the shoulder by Jefferson County Sheriff's Deputies during a standoff outside his sister's home on the 4800 block of Vernon Parkway near Grayson Valley. The cause of death was ruled a homicide. The Alabama State Bureau of Investigation is reviewing the incident. (report)
2. February 24: Monty Lewayne Davis, 29, was found dead from a gunshot wound and set on fire alongside the 300 block of Mulga Loop Road near Minor. No arrest. (report)
3. April 13: Jeremy Anthony "J. D." Davis, 38, was found shot to death in the passenger seat of a car parked outside the Midfield Police Department at 725 Bessemer Road in Midfield. The driver told law enforcement officers that he driven the victim to buy marijuana and was instructed to meet the seller at the end of Salina Avenue off Powder Plant Road west of Bessemer in unincorporated Jefferson County. Once there, an argument broke out and Davis was shot. The seller robbed the driver, and told him to leave. The driver brought the car to the police station in Midfield to seek help. Horace Earl Jackson was charged with Davis' murder, which may have been set up in retaliation for a previous robbery. Jackson turned himself in at the Jefferson County Jail. His wife, Courtney Danielle Carson Jackson was also charged with murder in May. (report)
4. April 21: Habibba Moneque Walker, 45, died at UAB Hospital from gunshot wounds suffered a week earlier at her home on the 300 block of Trenton Street in McDonald Chapel. Dereck Jamaille Walker, her ex-husband and the father of two of her children, broke into the house and shot her twice. He fled to Escambia County, Florida where he confessed to the shooting during a traffic stop the next day. He was initially charged with attempted murder and armed burglary, but now faces capital murder charges. (report)
5. April 30: Carlos Gray, 25, was shot to death at his home on Balboa Terrace in the Paradise Valley east of Pinson, between Clay and Chalkville. Investigators believe that he was shot during a robbery attempt, and that the suspected shooter was Darryl Thomas, who was found shot to death the following day. (report)
6. May 1: Darryl Thomas, 21, was found dumped near 3rd Place and Avenue S near the Lipscomb and Bessemer city limits. His death and the kidnapping of another man are believed to have been carried out in retaliation for Carlos Gray's murder during a robbery. Four people have been taken into custody and are expected to be charged with first degree kidnapping and capital murder. (report)

Shelby County

1. January 13: Kathleen Dawn West, 42, was found dead from blunt force trauma outside her home at 152 Greenwood Circle in Calera. Her husband, William "Jeff" West, was arrested in February and indicted for murder. (report)
2. March 5: Tracy Ward Austin, 68, was found dead at his home on the 5800 block of Shelby County Highway 39, near County Highway 69 in Chelsea. Randall Anthony Gargone was arrested and charged with capital murder. (report)
3. April 8: William Pate Walker, 24, was shot to death in a home on the 900 block of Paradise Cove Lane on Lay Lake. Jacob Ryan Davenport was arrested and charged with murder. (report)

St Clair County

1. February 9: Travis Lamar Wilson Jr, 25, serving a 25-year sentence for the 2010 murder of Chris "Ceno" Hoyt in Gadsden, was stabbed to death outside a cell block at the St Clair Correctional Facility east of Springville. Another inmate, Cruz Caldwell, was arrested and charged with first degree murder. (report)
2. March 14: Steven Ray Kirchner, 61, was found dead at a home on the 5100 block of Beason Cove Road in Steele during a welfare check performed after a Jefferson County detainee discussed a shooting at that location. Princeton Craig Pate was charged with murder. (report)

Tuscaloosa County

1. January 28: Kandice Cabbil, 20 months old, was found unresponsive in a unit at the Broadmoore Gardens Apartments in Tuscaloosa. The coroner determined that she was the victim of a homicide. Her father, Samuel Cabbil, was arrested and charged with capital murder. (report)
2. February 9: Jalen Merriweather, 18, was shot to death when he attempted to intervene in a violent domestic assault at the Broadmore Gardens Apartments on James I. Harrison Jr Parkway. Donald Kenneth Robertson was arrested and charged with murder, attempted murder, robbery, and several lesser charges. Three others were charged with hindering prosecution by aiding a fugitive. (report)
3. March 10: Mulove Deshavon Williams, 25, was found shot to death in a grassy area at the Hay Court Apartments public housing community. A person of interest was taken into custody. (report)
4. April 26: Jacquire Laayette Douglas, 38, was shot to death and his girlfriend seriously injured at their home on the 11000 block of Oak Arbor Way in the Fosters community. The woman's former boyfriend, Randy Britford, was charged with murder and surrendered to the Tuscaloosa Violent Crimes Unit. (report)
5. May 25: James Lester Stevenson, 51, was found shot to death in his home at 4133 67th Avenue in Tuscaloosa. Kiara Monique Harton was arrested as a suspect and confessed to shooting him during an argument. She was charged with murder. (report)

Walker County

1. February 6: An unnamed person was found dead off Park Dunn Road just north of Parrish. No arrest. (report)
2. May 10: Jason Freeman, 34, was pronounced dead at Walker Baptist Medical Center. He was shot following an argument with an employee at the Walker County Recycling facility in Sumiton. Charges have not yet been filed. (report)
3. May 18: Terrell Lynn Sanford, 44, was found dead in the trunk of his car in a field off of No. 2 Hill Road in Nauvoo. A person of interest has been identified, but not yet found for questioning. (report)