List of homicides in 2016
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This is a List of homicides in 2016, including homicide cases reported throughout the Birmingham District. At least 10 homicides were 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.
Jefferson County
6 total
Birmingham
- 4 homicides. See List of Birmingham homicides in 2016 for details.
Hoover
- January 5: Jonathan Michael "Mike" Gilotti, 33, was shot to death in his driveway on the 5500 block of Park Side Circle in the Lake Cyrus subdivision just before 5:00 AM as he was leaving for a morning work-out. Investigators believe he may have encountered a person or persons responsible for a rash of auto break-ins in the area. Charleston Everett Wells, 16, was arrested on January 15 and charged with capital murder. (report)
Pleasant Grove
- January 13: An unnamed male, 21, was shot to death during a robbery at Jack's at 27 Park Road. Roderick Derrell King was arrested and charged with murder. He is also being held on violation of probation from a previous arrest, and is suspected in two other holdups at fast food restaurants in Hueytown and Fairfield. (report)
Tuscaloosa County
- January 8: John Tyler Burroughs, 18, was one of two victims of a shooting during an argument at 2201 East 48th Street at the Aspen Village Apartments in Tuscaloosa. Orlanda Lamar Johnson Walker Jr was arrested and charged with capital murder and kidnapping. (report)
- January 8: Harlee Joseph Watson, 19, was the second victim.
- January 11: Markee Antwon Lee, 27, was shot on the 1900 block of 11th Avenue in Tuscaloosa and died hours later at DCH Regional Medical Center. No arrest. (report)
- January 13: Daniel Torry, 19, was fatally wounded in a shooting in the parking lot at the Heights at Skyland Apartments on the 4500 block of 18th Avenue East in Tuscaloosa. Orin Cruckshank was captured after a police chase and was charged with capital murder. Another suspect, Robert Lee Jones, turned himself in, but has not yet been charged. (report)