2023 Birmingham homicides

This is a List of Birmingham homicides in 2023. 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.

98 homicides have been reported in the city as of September 4, putting the city on pace for 145 for the year. Based on the 2022 census estimate of 196,910 population, that represents a homicide rate of 73.6 homicides per 100,000 residents. Birmingham had 152 homicides in 2022, a record high. The recent record low of 62 homicides was set in 2014. At this point in 2022, 107 homicides had been reported.

The city has averaged 12.0 homicides per month, or one every 2.5 days. There were 12 incidents in January, 3 in February, 16 in March, 14 in April, 14 in May and 12 in June, 16 in July, 9 in August, and 2 so far in September. The longest stretch without a homicide was the 13-day span between February 22 and March 7. 17 deaths were reported on Sundays, 16 on Mondays, 16 on Tuesdays, 12 on Wednesdays, 11 on Thursdays, 13 on Fridays, and 13 on Saturdays.

7 of the reported homicides have been ruled justifiable as self-defense by investigators or prosecutors, and 1 more was a police shooting presumed to have been justified. With the exception of those cases, the department acknowledges 90 chargeable homicides, 3 of which were prosecuted as manslaughter. Suspects have been identified in 38 cases, arrested in 38 and charged in 31. Two suspects died by suicide without being charged.

At least 88 deaths so far have resulted from shootings, 6 from reckless driving, 1 from blunt-force trauma, 1 from child abuse, and 2 from unannounced causes. 15 incidents occurred outside at apartment complexes, 24 at private homes, 12 at businesses, 1 at a park, and 46 on the streets. 42 deaths were reported in the West Precinct, 32 in the East Precinct, 4 in the South Precinct and 19 in the North Precinct.

2 killings arose from work-related disputes, 5 came during robberies, 14 were domestic-related disputes, 13 resulted from arguments between acquaintances, 27 appeared to have been targeted assaults, 1 was caused by child abuse, 1 victim was struck by return fire during an assault and another by a stray bullet during a dispute. 6 deaths were caused by reckless driving, 1 from recklessly leaving a loaded handgun in reach of an unattended toddler, and 1 resulted from a police shooting. The motives for 27 other deaths have not been made public.

80 victims were males and 17 were females. 1 has not been identified by gender.

Listing by date

1. January 2: Jamarquis Darionte Weaver, 27, was found shot to death in a vehicle in the parking lot of the East Plaza Apartments at 113 59th Street North in the Woodlawn neighborhood. Another male with him in the vehicle was wounded. No arrest. (report)
2. January 4: Cortez Dekelvin Ware, 37, was shot to death following a work-related argument at the Elyton Meat Market at 301 Center Street North in Smithfield. Christopher Tyrell Kendricks was identified by witnesses and arrested the same day at Elyton Village. He was charged with murder the next day. (report)
3. January 8: Porcha Patrice Williams, 34, was struck and killed as she exited her disabled vehicle on the northbound lanes of Elton B. Stephens Expressway near the Carraway Boulevard exit ramp. The driver who struck her, Jairo Noe Antonio Hernandez, was determined to have been under the influence of alcohol. He was charged with manslaughter and held without bond. If released he is subject to deportation to Mexico. (report)
4. January 11: Jayvonne David Banks, 23, was found shot to death outside a unit at the Adona Apartments on Aspen Run in Glen Iris. The suspected shooter, the brother of a woman who lives at the complex, was taken into custody at the scene. Investigators and prosecutors determined that the shooting was justified, and no criminal charges were filed. (report)
5. January 13: Jasmine Clevette "Jazzy" Price, 33, was found shot to death in an SUV that crashed into a building at The Oaks Apartments on the 800 block of 1st Street West in Smithfield. It is believed she was struck by return fire during a separate assault and exchange. The assailant that is believed to have precipitated the shooting, Raquan Wilson, was charged with murder. He surrendered to police on February 6. (report)
6. January 14: Ryan Donell Marable, 17, was found shot to death in the back yard of a residence on the 5000 block of 43rd Street North in Inglenook. No arrest. (report)
7. January 15: Thomas Lee Bailey, 31, was found shot to death in a vehicle near the 100 block of 4th Avenue North in Smithfield. Another female was injured. (report)
8. January 25: Roman Gonzalez, 48, was shot to death during a robbery at a home undergoing renovations on the 1400 block of 27th Street Ensley in Ensley Highlands. No arrest. (report)
9. January 28: Robert Dewayne White, 43, was killed in an assault while talking with friends on the 3400 block of 31st Avenue North in Collegeville. No arrest. (report)
10. January 29: Jaylen Andarrius Clark, 17, died at UAB Hospital from gunshot wounds received on the 1600 block of Lake Drive Northeast in Spring Lake. Another male was wounded in the shooting, which is believed to have been related to an earlier altercation on the 100 block of Nekoma Drive in Killough Springs which left another man wounded. Andre Carr Jr, who was with Clark, was charged with murder and attempted murder. (report)
11. January 31: Robert Chandler, 57, was found dead from apparent homicide in a home on 4200 block of Fairmont Way in Fairmont. Chandler's cousin, Billy Morris, was killed by a drive-by shooter in the same house in April 2019. Tanarence Murphy and Aaron Elijah Bearden were arrested and charged with capital murder. (report)
12. January 31: Corieonna Shantrice Hines, 24, was shot to death, and two young girls injured by gunfire in an apparent domestic assault at an apartment on the 100 block of 9th Avenue West in Smithfield. Hines was pregnant with a third child at the time of her death. Andrew Haweis Goldsmith IV was identified by Hines as the shooter before she died. He was charged with capital murder and attempted murder. He shot himself in the head following a police chase on February 7 and died two days later at UAB Hospital. (report)
13. February 11: Darnell Michael Puidokas, 36, was shot to death at the Chevron gas station at 2161 Bessemer Road in Central Park. The shooting resulted from a dispute over payment for unlocking a vehicle at a different location. Michael Kermit Murray was arrested at the scene and charged with murder. (report)
14. February 14: Reginald Andre Moore, 55, was found shot to death in a yard on the 900 block of 4th Court West in Bush Hills. No arrest. (report)
15. February 22: Marquis Kantrell Drakes Jr, 24, was shot to death in a home on the 1400 block of 29th Street Ensley. A woman on the scene was taken into custody, but no charges have been announced. (report)
16. March 7: Autumn Duskin, 4 months old, was pronounced dead at Children's of Alabama from trauma suffered at her home. Her death was ruled a homicide. No charges have been announced. (report)
17. March 10: Bryan Gary Wood, 41, was found dead in a grassy area between 1st Avenue North and 1st Court North in North East Lake, after being struck by a vehicle near the intersection of 87th Street North and West Boulevard, just outside Roebuck-Hawkins Park. The driver of the vehicle fled the scene. No arrest. (report)
18. March 11: James Lee Brown Jr, 53, was struck by a car while waiting near his disabled vehicle on the 100 block of Roebuck Drive in Roebuck. The driver fled the scene. No arrest. (report)
19. March 12: Damion Jermaine Gardner, 43, was struck by a vehicle while standing on the grassy shoulder on the 800 block of Arkadelphia Road near Birmingham-Southern College in Bush Hills. The driver left the scene and has not been identified. (report)
20. March 14: Tiffany Michele Hernandez, 40, was one of two people found shot to death in a home on the 8400 block of 8th Avenue South in South East Lake. Daniel "Parker" Watson surrendered to police in Leeds the next morning and admitted to killing two people there and two others in Ragland. He was indicted by a grand jury on capital murder charges in June. (report)
21. March 14: Jason Joseph Brown, 40, was killed in the same incident.
22. March 15: Johnathan Christian Hamff, 45, was struck by a vehicle and killed while he was walking on the shoulder of I-59 southbound near the Roebuck Parkway exit in South Roebuck. The driver of the vehicle left the scene. (report)
23. March 20: Devarta Dedre Thomas, 30, was shot to death on the 300 block of 74th Street North in Wahouma. Thomas had been convicted of murdering his mother in 2016. Jamarian Carpenter was arrested a week later and charged with capital murder. Tony Howard Jones II was also arrested in April on the same charge. (report)
24. March 30: James Lee Washington, 29, was shot to death in an apparent domestic dispute in his apartment at 312 1st Avenue North in Smithfield. His sister's boyfriend, Claude Lafayette Hardy Jr, was arrested and charged with murder. (report)
25. March 21: Kenneth Earl Harris Jr, 42, died at UAB Hospital from gunshot wounds suffered the previous day when unknown assailants fired into his house on the 500 block of Buffalo Street in Wylam. The suspects are believed to have left the scene in a white, four-door sedan. No arrest. (report)
26. March 21: Michael Kimbrough, 48, was found dead on the 5900 block of Jesse Owens Avenue in Roosevelt. Javone Antione Gray was arrested and charged with murder. (report)
27. March 22: Fredrick Carnell Sykes, 44, was found shot to death in a home on the 3600 block of Hemlock Avenue Southwest in Riley-Travellick. He was apparently killed after a forced entry. No arrest. (report)
28. March 26: Caleb Cornandus Whitt, 17, was found dead on the 200 block of 3rd Avenue Southwest in North Titusville following a large-scale shooting at the University Crossings apartments a half mile away. Police believe he was one of a group of people who began shooting into a home and was struck by return fire. It is further believed he was likely carried to where he was found and dumped there. Officials ruled in June that the shooting was justifiable. (report)
29. March 26: Demetrius Antwan Davis Jr, 25, was ambushed and shot to death while pumping gasoline at the Circle K at 1700 Tallapoosa Street in East Birmingham. Byron Dedric Steel was arrested and charged with capital murder in what is believed to have been an act of retaliation for a previous shooting. Davis' father had been shot to death, also at a gas station, in October 2018. (report)
30. March 28: An unnamed male was shot to death in a shootout on the 500 block of 12th Street Southwest near Fulton Avenue in Arlington-West End. A male seen fleeing the area was detained for questioning. (report)
31. March 29: Jada White, 16, was found shot to death on the 3000 block of Avemue F in Ensley. Another female was injured in what apparently began as a confrontation over vandalism to an automobile. Arnold Laterrant Fuller and Daemar Marco Martin were arrested and charged with murder. (report)
32. April 1: Kamaree Shondale Phillips, 17, was fatally assaulted by gunfire while sitting in a car outside 3 Westchaster Court at the Magnolia Court apartments in Apple Valley. A 16-year-old suspect was arrested in May and charged with capital murder. Another suspect, Jordan Mekhi Watts, was arrested in May and also charged with capital murder. (report)
33. April 3: Tedarrius Quentez Smith, 28, was shot to death by a Jefferson County Sheriff's Deputy on the 3000 block of 30th Court North in Collegeville. The deputy had initiated a traffic stop of a black Infiniti in Fairfield, and learned that the driver, Smith, was wanted on an outstanding warrant for kidnapping. Smith fled with the deputy in pursuit, and crashed into a chain-link fence near the Maxine Herring Parker Bridge at F. L. Shuttlesworth Drive, and the Collegeville Homes public housing project. The Alabama Law Enforcement Agency is investigating the officer-involved shooting. An unnamed ALEA official stated that Smith drew a gun as he fled the crashed car on foot, which prompted the deputy to shoot him. Family members at the scene claimed he did not have a gun and that he had been falsely accused of kidnapping by his wife. (report)
34. April 6: Anthony Darniel Knight, 47, was shot to death on the 1400 block of Brighton Road in Green Acres. He was behind the wheel of a car that investigators believe had been pursued for some distance before he pulled over and was gunned down from another vehicle. No arrest. (report)
35. April 8: Jeffrey Derrick Pleasant, 40, was found shot to death in a home on the 600 block of Carline Avenue in Central Pratt after a dispute that broke out during a party. Investigators determined that the shooting was justified and no criminal charges were filed. (report)
36. April 9: Martinez Laudell Smith, 21, died at Princeton Baptist Medical Center from injuries suffered in a shooting that occurred when an argument broke out during a party at the Peyton Place event center 234 8th Avenue West near Legion Field in Graymont. Two others were injured. No arrests. (report)
37. April 17: Brandon Lamar Uqrhart, 22, died at UAB Hospital from injuries suffered in a shooting outside a building at The Onyx at 600 apartments in the Spring Lake neighborhood. The shooter fled on foot. No arrest. (report)
38. April 17: Isaiah Randall Harris, 22, was shot to death during a dispute that arose while playing video games at a residence on Huntington Lane in the Huntington Hills subdivision in the Smithfield Estates neighborhood. The shooter has been identified but fled the scene and remains at large. (report)
39. April 18: Ariel Jones, 31, was found dead in an automobile parked in an empty lot near the 8400 block of 5th Avenue North in North East Lake. Demarchies Mincey was arrested in Stonecrest, Georgia in June. (report)
40. April 20: Derek Jason Wright, 39, was assaulted and shot to death while riding a bicycle on the 400 block of 4th Street in Thomas. The shooter fled in a vehicle with others. No arrest. (report)
41. April 21: Venture Conard Harrison, 44, was found shot to death in a yard on the 2300 block of Steiner Avenue following an argument with another male which broke out at the M & N Grocery at 2400 Pearson Avenue Southwest in Germania Park. The shooter fled in an automobile. No arrest. (report)
42. April 23: Ryan Colby Johnson, 25, was found shot to death after an argument with another male outside a vehicle near the Empire Gentlemen's Club at 100 3rd Avenue North in Smithfield. No arrest. ([https://www.al.com/news/birmingham/2023/04/25-year-old-identified-as-man-killed-in-exchange-of-gunfire-outside-birmingham-club.html report)
43. April 25: Janyia Marshae Thompson, 19, was shot to death and another woman injured in an apparent targeted attack outside the 10th Avenue Deli at 4500 Richard Arrington Jr Boulevard North in Kingston. No arrest. (report)
44. April 26: Richard Mark Carter, 56, died at UAB Hospital after being found with gunshot wounds at the 5 Points West Food Mart at 2258 Bessemer Road in Central Park. ShotSpotter data suggests the shooting may have taken place at the Western Trace Apartments at 2129 31st Street Ensley. No arrest. (report)
45. April 30: Cornell Dewayne Richardson, 24, died at Princeton Baptist Medical Center from gunshot wounds, thought to have been inflicted in a shootout on the 3100 block of Steiner Avenue in Germania Park. The suspected shooter was also wounded. Investigators determined that the shooting was justified and no criminal charges were filed. (report)
46. May 2: Monica Lynn Nichols, 59, was found dead from a gunshot wound at her home in the Glenbrook at Oxmoor Valley apartments at 2801 Sydney Drive in Oxmoor Valley. No arrest. (report)
47. May 5: Adrian Dewayne Christian, 44, was found shot to death outside his home on the 1100 block of 5th Street West in East Thomas. Police believe he was shot during a confrontation with an acquaintance who was carrying a gun down the street. The shooter was taken into custody for questioning, but officials later deemed the shooting justified and filed no criminal charges. (report)
48. May 11: Erksin Irvin Jr, 37, was found shot to death inside a vehicle in front of his home on the 1400 block of 33rd Street North in Norwood. No arrest. (report)
49. May 12: John Anthony Jackson, 43, was shot to death just outside a vehicle in front of his home at the Alameda Terrace Apartments on the 1000 block of Elm Street Southwest in West End Manor. No arrest. (report)
50. May 12: George Williams Jr, 63, was killed by a stray bullet while sitting on the porch of his home on the 1500 block of 19th Street North in Fountain Heights. No arrest. (report)
51. May 17: Patrick Bennett, 20, suspected to have been shot while attempting a carjacking, was found shot to death at the Springville Landing Apartments on the 700 block of Springville Road in Huffman. The victim in the carjacking and apparent shooter was also wounded by gunshot and hospitalized. The stolen car was recovered on the 1st block of 9th Avenue West in College Hills where an additional carjacking suspect was seen, but not yet apprehended. The fatal shooting is presumed to have been justified. (report)
52. May 18: Antoine Deonta Ester, 26, was shot to death during an argument at a gathering in his sister's home at the Forest Hills Village on Tempest Drive in Powderly. Antonio Deuntra Pendleton was arrested and charged with murder. (report)
53. May 19: Roshode Darnell Davidson, 36, was killed and three others wounded (two by gunshot) when an unidentified assailant fired at a crowd of people celebrating a birthday on the 900 block of 47th Street North in Kingston. No arrest. (report)
54. May 21: Christian Breon Wyatt, 27, was found shot to death after a dispute in the parking garage at the Cortland Vesta Apartments. No arrest. (report)
55. May 22: The remains of Rodney Maurice Walker Jr, 25, were found after a fire was extinguished in house on the 4000 block of Old Lewisburg Road in Fairmont. Coroners determined that the person had been shot. No arrest. (report)
56. May 25: Deunte Jurrell Winston, 23, was shot to death during an argument with an acquaintance on the 4300 block of 44th Avenue North in Inglenook. A 17-year-old suspect was arrested and charged with murder. (report)
57. May 27: Glen Junior Morrow, 37, was shot to death during an argument outside an apartment building at 420 78th Street South in Roebuck-South East Lake. The shooter fled on foot. No arrest. (report)
58. May 29: Juanderius Woods, 43, was killed in a large-scale shootout on the 4400 block of 9th Avenue North in the Rev. Dr Morrell Todd Homes public housing project in Kingston. With the help of surveillance camera footage, Demarco Griffin was identified as the suspected shooter. He was arrested and charged with murder. (report)
59. May 31: Anthony James Embry, 29, was found shot to death inside a home on the 900 block of 52nd Way North in Woodlawn. No arrest. (report)
60. June 1: Jermiera Ivory Fowler, 31, was found shot to death and burned on the 200 block of Sellers Road in Maple Grove. She had been reported missing the previous day. Demarchies Mincey was arrested in Stonecrest, Georgia in June and charged with murder and abuse of corpse. (report)
61. June 3: Victor Alberto Jeronimo Garcia, 27, was found dead in a vehicle on the 2500 block of Snavely Avenue in Jones Valley. No arrest. (report)
62. June 5: Dementrius Orlando Collins, 19, was killed in a large-scale shootout on the 4600 block of Roscoe Avenue in the Rev. Dr Morrell Todd Homes public housing project in Kingston. No arrest. (report)
63. June 8: Demetrius Duante Harris, 42, died at UAB Hospital from gunshot wounds suffered in a shootout with another male outside an apartment building on the 1600 block of 18th Place North in Fountain Heights. The other man was also hospitalized. Investigators determined that the fatal shooting was justified as self-defense and no criminal charges were filed. (report)
64. June 11: Montraevious DeWayne Milton, 18, was killed in a large-scale shootout during a birthday party at a short-term rental home on the 4100 block of 49th Terrace North in Inglenook. No arrest. (report)
65. June 17: Eugene Holiday, 71, was shot to death during a family dispute at his residence on the 4700 block of Avenue T in Central Park. His son was identified as the shooter, but fled the scene. He was arrested in Walker County on June 30. (report)
66. June 20: Jarvis Jerome Conley Jr, 24, was killed during an argument with an acquaintance on the 900 block of 25th Street Southwest in Germania Park. Another female was wounded by gunfire. Courtney Darnell Dennis was arrested and charged with murder and attempted murder. (report)
67. June 21: Tadarrien Griffin, 22, was found shot to death outside a vehicle on the 100 block of 71st Street North near Wahouma Park in Wahouma following a dispute. A 17-year-old suspect remained on the scene. He was arrested and charged with reckless manslaughter. (report)
68. June 26: Christen Taylor Adams, 22, was found shot to death on the 4800 block of Avenue N in Belview Heights. No arrest. (report)
69. June 26: Bryan Keith Williams, 43, was found shot to death in his home on 13th Avenue North and 43rd Street North in Kingston following what is believed to have been a robbery during an arranged drug sale. Larry Dewayne Kimble Jr was arrested and charged with capital murder. (report)
70. June 30: Sherry Lynette Body, 50, was shot to death during a domestic argument on the 600 block of 11th Court West off Arkadelphia Road in East Thomas. Edward Bell Myles Jr was arrested and charged with murder. (report)
71. June 30: Kayden Goldman, 3, died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound at an apartment in the Forest Hills Village on the 2600 block of Tempest Drive Southwest. His father, Stephen D’Mitri Goldman, was arrested and charged with reckless manslaughter. (report)
72. July 2: Lekilo Mason Cummings, 33, was shot to death during a suspected domestic argument in the parking lot of Athens Paper Co. at 2728 Republic Boulevard in Thomas, where he was employed. A 14-year-old girl was taken into custody at the scene and later charged in connection with his death. (report)
73. July 3: Salhadine Didler Adamou, 22, died at UAB Hospital from gunshot wounds suffered while in a car on 3rd Avenue North near I-65 in Fountain Heights. Another occupant of the car was injured by gunfire. No arrest. (report)
74. July 4: Tyesa Shawtae Smith, 42, was struck and killed in a hit-and-run while she was crossing the 1500 block of 3rd Avenue West in Fairview. No arrest. (report)
75. July 7: JerrMarius Deonta Sills, 21, known as "Li Heat", died at UAB Hospital from gunshot wounds suffered on May 27 in an apparently targeted assault on the 1500 block of Avenue L in Ensley. No arrest. (report)
76. July 7: Kaprice Monique Jackson, 35, was found shot to death outside the tennis pavilion at Lynn Park at 82nd Street North and 4th Avenue North in North East Lake. No arrest. (report)
77. July 8: Justina Wallace, 36, was shot to death during an argument with another woman at an apartment complex on the 3200 block of 17th Avenue North in Norwood the previous evening. Aaniyah Nowden was arrested at the scene and charged with capital murder. (report)
78. July 8: Alajah Fairfax, 20, was found dead in a vehicle at Woodlawn High School following a domestic argument on the 6800 block of 66th Street South in Gate City. Another woman was injured and drove her from the scene. The suspected shooter, Corey Denard Louis Jr, 19, died at UAB Hospital from a gunshot wound, which investigators believe may have been self-inflicted. (report)
79. July 13: An unnamed male was one of two found shot to death in a sedan parked on the 500 block of Zinnia Lane in Killough Springs following an apparent assault. No arrest. (report)
80. July 13: A second male was found dead in the same incident.
81. July 13: Nicholas Marquis Johnson, 33, was found shot to death in a vehicle at the Vines at Hillside West apartments on the 5800 block of Monte Sano Road in Belview Heights. He was shot during an argument, apparently with a partner in a burglary. Jameria Henley was arrested and charged with murder. (report)
82. July 13: Cedric Orlando Reese died at his home on 5th Avenue Wylam from blunt-force injuries suffered in an assault at the 5 Way Mini Mart at 4800 8th Avenue Wylam in Wylam the previous day. Lawanza Dynail McCormick was arrested and charged with murder. (report)
83. July 15: Lee Earl Moss, 71, was one of two men shot to death in an apparent drive-by assault, while standing the yard of a home on the 1700 block of 48th Street Ensley in Central Park. No arrest. (report)
84. July 15: Daryl Maurice Jones, 62, was killed in the same incident.
85. July 17: Jordan E. Melton, 29, a Birmingham firefighter died at UAB Hospital from gunshot wounds suffered in an apparent targeted assault at Birmingham Fire Station No. 9 at 1228 27th Street North in Norwood. Another firefighter was also wounded. No arrest. Rewards totaling $41,000 have been offered for information leading to an arrest. (report)
86. July 23: An unnamed male died at UAB Hospital from gunshot wounds suffered in an altercation at Railroad Park in the Five Points South neighborhood. Two people were taken into custody at the scene. One of them, D'Quan Arnes Wilson, was charged with murder. (report)
87. July 25: Damein Barber, 19, was pronounced dead at UAB Hospital after being found unresponsive with a gunshot wound in the yard of a home on the 1600 block of 27th Street North in Norwood. No arrest. (report)
88. August 4: Rahkeem Darnell Vanderbilt, 32, was shot to death and two other men injured by gunshot in an assault on 4th Avenue Southwest just off Goldwire Street in North Titusville. No arrest. (report)
89. August 4: Diangelo Freeman, 56, was found shot to death in a vehicle on the 7400 block 4th Avenue South in East Lake. No arrest. (report)
90. August 7: Darcy Jamere Joseph, 33, was found shot to death in a vehicle in the alley behind the 5000 block of 41st Way North in Inglenook. No arrest. (report)
91. August 8: Frederick Douglas Berry Jr, 41, died at UAB Hospital from gunshot wounds suffered while riding his bicycle on the 7000 block of 1st Avenue South in East Lake. Bradley Davis was arrested in September and charged with murder. (report)
92. August 13: Tommie Lee Brown, 26, was found shot to death in a ditch near the intersection of Park Avenue Southwest and 50th Street Southwest in Hillman. No arrest. (report)
93. August 13: Robert Alexander "Rico" Brown, 22, was found shot to death in his vehicle at Dolomite Westfield Park on Tin Mill Road in Dolomite. No arrest. (report)
94. August 20: Morris Brown Scott, 40, was killed in a drive-by assault at the Norwood Plaza Apartments on the 1700 block of 32nd Place North in Norwood. Another male was injured. No arrest. (report)
95. August 20: An unnamed male was shot to death in a drive-by assault on the 800 block of 50th Street North in Woodlawn. Two others were injured in the shooting. No arrest. (report)
96. August 24: Snir "Sonny" Lalum, 44, died at UAB Hospital from a gunshot wound suffered during an attempted robbery at his business, Insta-Movers at 115 Walter Davis Drive]] in Glen Iris. Sebastian Deonta Ross was arrested and charged with capital murder. (report)
97. September 4: Chaveda Willis, 33, was one of two shooting victims who died at UAB Hospital following a dispute at Aria Restaurant & Lounge at 930 5th Avenue North in Smithfield. The private car carrying the victims was shot at again after arriving at the hospital. The two women who died are believed to have been innocent bystanders in an assault targeting someone else. A male in the same car was admitted with critical injuries. (report)
98. September 4: Markiezia Atkins, 24, died from injuries suffered in the same incident.

Responses

In April, Voices of Black Mothers United hosted a panel discussion at Greater Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church with What About Us, Jefferson County District Attorney Danny Carr, and Jefferson County Schools mental health services coordinator Jeffrey Moore. Topics of discussion included mental health resources for families with children and reducing pre-trial release for suspects charged with gun violence.

"Solutions", a conflict resolution program for teenagers founded by Holy Family Cristo Rey Catholic High School student Deon Arnold, hosted an even at First United Missionary Church in Wylam for National Youth Violence Prevention Week.

The City of Birmingham partnered with UAB Hospital and the Jefferson County Department of Health to launch a program under development for several years to intervene in cycles of retaliation by providing counseling and resources to victims of gun violence while in the hospital. The Offender Alumni Association was contracted to staff the program.

On August 31, Ramsay High School hosted Parker High School at Legion Field for the inaugural Stop the Violence Classic. Booths outside the stadium were staffed by representatives of Faith in Action, Offender Alumni Association and What About Us.

See also

• List of homicides in 2023
• Birmingham homicides by year
• Crime in Birmingham

References

• Robinson, Carol (March 21, 2023) "‘This is unacceptable, Birmingham deserves better,’ chief says after 4 killed in 36 hours." AL.com
• Robinson, Carol (April 6, 2023) "Birmingham homicides drop in first quarter of 2023 after record-setting year for murder." AL.com
• Daniel, Nicole S. (April 22, 2023) "Meet the Birmingham teen who founded group to help reduce violent crime among teens." AL.com
• Yurkanin, Amy (April 23, 2023) "Birmingham mothers of children lost to gun violence seek healing and solutions at Alabama church." AL.com
• Yurkanin, Amy (May 3, 2023) "Birmingham launches program to reduce violence among gunshot survivors." AL.com
• Michaels, Ryan (June 5, 2023) "Birmingham Mayor Woodfin: Two Shooting Deaths in Kingston Community ‘Not Reflection of Residents’." The Birmingham Times
• Bookman, Alaina (September 1, 2023) "Birmingham’s Parker, Ramsay tackle first-ever Stop the Violence Classic." AL.com

External links

• Fatal Shootings in Birmingham, Alabama at the National Gun Violence Memorial