2006 Birmingham homicides

This is a List of Birmingham homicides in 2006. It includes homicide cases occuring within the city limits during the calendar year. Note that not all homicides are ultimately ruled to be murder in courts of law.

Birmingham had 105 homicides in 2005, 64 in 2004, and a record of 108 in 1997. With 51 homicides up to June 26, the city is on pace for 105 in 2006.

Of the 51 recorded homicides, suspects have been reported identified in 20 cases, and apprehended in 18.

Listing by date

1. January 1: Byron Wilson, 33, found at 1532 17th Street South (Southside), no arrest. [1]
2. January 2: Deborah Robertson, 43, stabbed at 1107 47th Place North, no arrest. [2]
3. January 4: George Capers, 43, found in 7400 block of 67th Street South (Gate City), no arrest. [3]
4. January 7: Curtis Sheppard, 43, shot at home, 508 Center Street South (Goldwire) no arrest. [4]
5. January 9: James Barnes, 21, shot at 2729 Jefferson Avenue, no arrest. [5]
6. January 11: Joe S. Farmer, 56, found on 14th Street North on January 2. Danny Turner, 47, in custody. [6]
7. January 17: Tawfig Sharif, 27, found in store at 1200 40th Street Ensley, Moshen Musa, 16, free on bond. [7]
8. January 22: L'Oreal N. Bussey, 27, found shot at 829 28th Street Southwest (Powderly). Michael J. Mays, 19, in custody. [8]
9. January 22: Reginald M. Taylor, 29, shot at 829 28th Street Southwest (Powderly). Michael J. May, 19, in custody. [9]
10. January 22: Allen Dunn, 22, hit by bullet during robbery at 1010 3rd Avenue North (Central City), no arrest. [10]
11. January 23: Antonio King, 21, shot in yard of 500 Princeton Avenue Southwest (West End), grandmother, 71, in custody. [11]
12. February 2: Milton Poole, 16, killed at 19th Street Ensley & Avenue V Ensley, Esau Jackson, 27 and Milton Edwards, 31 in custody. [12]
13. February 2: Pamela Montgomery, 42, killed at 19th Street Ensley & Avenue V Ensley, Esau Jackson, 27 and Milton Edwards, 31 in custody. [13]
14. February 7: Joseph Richardson, 46, killed at 1629 20th Street Alley Ensley, no arrest. [14]
15. February 13: Audrey Price, 23, shot on I-65 at 3rd Avenue South (Southside), no arrest. [15]
16. February 18: Demetrius Hamilton, 41, stabbed in 1200 block of 10th Avenue North (Fountain Heights), no arrest. [16]
17. Februrary 22: Anthony Sanderson, 39, shot January 19 at 900 4th Avenue North (Graymont), no arrest. [17]
18. March 4: Steven Hines, 24, shot at 801 3rd Avenue West (Smithfield), no arrest. [18]
19. March 10: Wendy Reno, 33 found at 8420 1st Avenue North (East Lake), no arrest. [19]
20. March 10: John Oliver, 53, found on sidewalk 1200 block of 14th Avenue South (Southside). Earlie Robinson, 40 in custody. [20]
21. March 11: Franco Johnson, 18, shot on 300 block of 20th Street South (Southside). Jarvis Craig, 20, in custody. [21]
22. March 11: Dominic Ware, 18 mos, found at 4800 block of Avenue O (Ensley). Jorge L. Carter in custody. [22]
23. March 22: James Starks, 55, shot in car at 10th Street West & 6th Avenue North (Graymont), Cornelius Callins Jr., 21, in custody. [23]
24. March 28: Taurus Frost, 22, foundshot in car at 1304 34th Street Ensley (Ensley), Randy Lamont Lewis, 19, in custody. [24]
25. March 31: Timothy Woods, 45, stabbed on 3000 block of 29th Avenue North (North Birmingham), Angela Woods, 40, in custody. [25]
26. April 3: Dakota Jackson (3 mos) killed at 718 Attalla Place (Wylam), mother Tiffany Jackson, 24, in custody. [26]
27. April 7: Leviticus Campbell, 17, found on 6800 block of Higdon Road (Woodlawn/East Lake). no arrest.[27]
28. April 11: Man found dead of gunshot wound on 1100 block of 2nd Court West (Rising West-Princeton), no arrest. [28]
29. April 13: Man found shot behind house on Tarpon Drive (Roebuck)
30. April 15: Anthony White, 21, shot at 4141 Pinson Valley Parkway (NW Bham). Unidentified 20-year-old suspect in custody. [29]
31. April 18: Marcus Cole, 23, found dead at 1328 Princeton Avenue (West End). [30]
32. April 22: Marquell Savage, 20, found dead in the 800 block of Cherry Avenue (Pratt City). [31]
33. May 5: James McClellan, 54, shot outside house in 5100 block of Lincoln Avenue (Brownlee Heights). [32]
34. May 9: Tony Stephens, 29, found shot at Oakmont Street and Pittsburgh Avenue (Sherman Heights), no arrest. [33]
35. May 11: Michael Smith, 40, found near alley in 1000 block of 4th Court West, no arrest.[34]
36. May 13: Reginald Hall, 18, shot in parking lot at 316 Iota Avenue. [35]
37. May 14: Marlin Perryman, 53, stabbed in yard of his house in the 600 block of 27th Street Southwest. [36]
38. May 22: Unknown male found in burned car at 700 block of Eastern Manor Circle (East Pinson Valley).
39. May 22: Stephanie Carson, 39, shot at home at 241 Fox Glenn Road (Apple Valley). Derrick Carson, 40 in custody.
40. May 22: Tymisha Green, 31, found shot at 2128 Carlos Avenue. Ashley Garner, 29, sought. [37]
41. May 28: Unknown male, killed at residence on 68th Street South. [38]
42. May 28: John Fitzgerald Lee, 41, found at 6806 68th Street South. Suspect identified, no charges filed. [39]
43. June 9: Walter Hill, 91, shot at home, 1308 4th Place North in Enon Ridge, which was then set on fire. Two men seen fleeing, no arrests yet. [40]
44. June 9: Unnamed man, 28, killed in shootout at Forest Hills Village apartments at 2600 block of Tempest Drive in Powderly. Two suspects in custody. [41]
45. June 11: Casey Jones, 24, stabbed at Chubby's Lounge, 2512 16th Street North. [42]
46. June 12: Steven Robinson, 42, stabbed in 300 block of 78th Street South (South East Lake). Suspect identified, but not in custody. [43]
47. June 14: Jerry Foreman, 44, found in Alabama Motel at 746 Forestdale Boulevard. No arrest. [44]
48. June 14: Fredrick James Bennett, 20, found dead on 500 block of 9th Avenue West, College Hills. [45]
49. (unknown)
50. June 18: Otis Towns, 18, shot on 300 block of Cross Creek Court. No arrest. [46]
51. June 21: Teresa Peoples, 54, shot in home at 3414 39th Street North by assailant. No arrest. [47]

Responses

Jefferson County sheriff Mike Hale created a Violent Crimes Task Force made up of 51 federal, state and local law-enforcement officers from 21 separate agencies, which engaged in a two-month intensive effort, called Operation Unity to fight the increase in homicides by cracking down on violent offenders. In 60 days the Task Force cleared 1,009 warrants, arrested 512 people, and seized 84 cars, 41 guns and $600,000 in illegal drugs. A similar effort under Mel Bailey in the 1980s was credited with a sharp reduction in homicides in Bessemer that year.

Reference

• 2006 Press Releases from Birmingham Police Department