List of homicides in 2016

This is a List of homicides in 2016, including homicide cases reported throughout the Birmingham District. At least 121 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.

Blount County

1. April 19: Daniel Eric Blackmon, 38, was killed in a shootout with police after multi-county shooting spree. Blackmon began early that morning by firing on a concrete truck in Marshall County. At 7:00 AM he was reported to be firing at other drivers with a shotgun from his truck, at an intersection on U.S. Highway 278 in Blount County. Two people were wounded there. He fled down Rocky Hollow Road and fired on at least one other vehicle before returning to Marshall County, where he shot a person in the chest. His truck was spotted by law enforcement on U.S. Highway 231 and four agencies were involved in the pursuit, during which Blackmon fired at officers. He returned to Highway 278 and crashed his truck near Alabama State Highway 79 where he was fatally wounded in an exchange of fire. (report)

Calhoun County

1. January 15: Deatrice Marquiste Barclay, 42, was shot to death during a gunfight on Pernita Street, west Woodland Park. The location is outside Anniston's city limits, but within the jurisdiction of the Anniston Police Department. Joel Evan Abbott and Joshua Shane Parker were arrested and charged with murder. Parker, an employee of the Anniston City Jail, was placed on administrative leave and the incident was turned over to the Alabama Bureau of Investigation. (report)
2. January 23: Michael Clark, 30, was shot during an altercation with his wife at the Country Court Inn on U.S. Highway 78 in Anniston and died later at Regional Medical Center. His stepson, Steven Taylor Cobb, was arrested and charged with murder. (report)
3. May 17: One person was killed and two others wounded in a shootout on the 2100 block of South Christine Avenue in Anniston. No arrest. (report)
4. June 8: Franklin Key, 43, was found shot to death in a home on Montgomery Avenue in Anniston. Marcus Swink was arrested and charged, but the charge was dismissed when a witness changed their story. (report)
5. June 26: An unnamed male, 19, was shot to death on the 1000 block of South Christine Avenue in Anniston. No arrest. (report)

Cullman County

1. March 12: Wesley Shannon Taylor, 22, was found dead off of Cullman County Road 1101 in the Battleground community. Isaac Wayne Hill was taken into custody and charged with murder. (report)
2. May 31: James Lee Sanson, 1, died at Children's Hospital from injuries suffered while under the care of two adults not related to him. He had initially been brought to Cullman Regional Medical Center. His death has been classified as a homicide, but no charges have been filed. (report)
3. April 22: Melinda Searight, 42, was beaten and shot in the head in her apartment on Meadows Drive in the Colonial Village at Trussville while her three teenage daughters were getting ready for school. Her boyfriend, Anthony Lanier Kelly, fled the scene, but later turned himself in at the Jefferson County Jail. He was charged with murder. (report)

Kimberly

1. September 17: Coy Lynn Bartlett, 20, was shot to death during an argument at a friend's house on the 400 block of Park Avenue. Aaron Thrift was arrested and charged with murder. (report)

Leeds

1. February 3: Meredith Jones, 35, was killed in a head-on collision on Parkway Drive. Jennifer Schrencongost, who was reportedly driving erratically with a 3-year-old in her car, crossed the median before striking Jones' car. After the results of blood toxicology tests were received, she was charged with manslaughter. (report)
2. July 23: Carlos Dewayne Campbell, 32, was shot to death in a fight over a woman on the 7600 block of Henry Ellen Way. The other man was also seriously wounded. Investigators from the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office determined that the shooting was justified as self-defense. (report)

Lipscomb

1. March 30: Hondre Dejuan Vann, 26, was shot to death on the 5500 block of 6th Street. No arrest. (report)

Midfield

1. August 17: Glenn Hardy, 50, was found shot to death in the basement of the former Coram Wholesale Tires at 588 Bessemer Super Highway, an area he and his nephew were using to run an illicit electronic bingo parlor. His 1999 Chevrolet pickup truck was recovered at the King's Inn on 3rd Avenue North in Birmingham. The nephew, Gary Rembert, was taken into custody from the same motel two days later. A second suspect, seen on hotel security camera footage, is sought. (report)

Mountain Brook

1. March 7: An unborn child died from injuries sustained in a head-on vehicle collision on U.S. Highway 280 near Rocky Ridge Road. The mother, Tiffany Horton, 33 weeks pregnant, was also seriously injured when a Chevrolet Blazer crossed the median and struck her Toyota Camry head on at 60-65 miles per hour. The driver of the Blazer, Irwin Francisco-Bartolo was arrested at the scene. He was determined to have been under the influence of alcohol. He was charged with vehicular manslaughter and first-degree assault. (report)

Pleasant Grove

1. 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)

Tarrant

1. March 20 Harvey Ray Clements, 71, was found dead in his home on the 1200 block of Ford Avenue. Clements had been known to loan cash to people and was twice the victim of home invasions in October 2015. (report)
2. May 31: Desmond Cortez Burton, 31, was found dead after an early morning shooting near the 1100 block of Sloan Avenue. Carlos Pearson was arrested and charged with murder. (link)

Trussville

1. February 10: Brittaney Owens, 26, was shot to death by Troy Green, an ex-boyfriend and the father of her two children, during a dispute at her parents' home on Camp Coleman Road at Windsong Drive. Green followed her to the house, struck her car with his, then walked up and shot her in the chest. He then returned to his car and killed himself. (report)

Unincorporated Jefferson County

1. January 28: Raheem Jonas Tyreze Stubbs, 22, was shot to death while breaking into a neighbor's home on the 1900 block of Springlake Court near Center Point. The owner arrived shortly after his 8-year-old son called him about the break-in and confronted three intruders. Two other burglary suspects, one of whom may have been wounded, fled the scene. No charges were filed against the homeowner. Jamarcus Boris Stubbs, Raheem's uncle, was later arrested and charged with murder and 2nd degree burglary. (report)
2. February 20: William Lewis, 37, was fatally wounded in a shootout that resulted from a dispute over marijuana at a vacant lot on the 200 block of Elm Street Southwest just outside Bessemer. Mario Desmond was arrested and charged with murder. (report)
3. September 7: James Richard Olvey, 67, was killed when his pick-up truck was hit head on by another pick-up truck going north against southbound traffic on I-65 north of Exit 282 in Warrior. Donald Hornsby Wright was fleeing Warrior Police, having already been chased by officers from Kimberly, Morris and Trafford. Hornsby was airlifted to UAB Hospital and later charged with murder. (report)

Shelby County

1. May 2: Holly Myrick, 33, was killed in a hit-and-run on Shelby County Road 52 in front of the Golden Rule Bar-B-Q in Helena. Damian Lamar Jackson, who had been involved in a dispute with Myrick over a drug sale, was arrested and charged with manslaughter, distribution of a controlled substance, and felony leaving the scene of an accident. (report)
2. May 19: Jason Cohill, 33, was shot to death near his grandfather's house on Fleming Road in Vincent after apparently arguing over a $20 debt. Rodney Brown was arrested and charged with murder. (report)
3. June 6: Keith Fulgham, 40, was found stabbed to death in a mobile home park on Gilmore-Nick Circle in Almont, just north of Montevallo. Latasha Nicole Smith was arrested and charged with murder. (report)
4. June 25: Christen Nichole "Nicki" Carr, 31, was found dead at her home off of Milgray Lane north of Calera. Her husband, Kenneth Thomas Young, who has a long criminal record, was charged with murder and with felony leaving the scene of an accident with death. He reportedly struck her with his car and then left the scene of the accident. (report)
5. August 4: Robert Alan Gentry, 43, was killed after his parked car on the shoulder of I-65 was struck by a drunk driver. Daniel Joseph Robinson was arrested and charged with reckless murder and driving under the influence. (report)

St Clair County

1. February 28: Nathan Grissom, 41, was fatally shot by an Ashville police officer responding to a 911 call of a domestic dispute on the 200 block of 5th Avenue in Ashville. Grissom had been ordered to vacate the home, which he had shared with his wife and his daughter by a previous marriage, following a previous violent fight and his wife's petition for protection from abuse. The officer-involved shooting is under review by the Alabama Bureau of Investigation. (report)

Talladega County

1. May 28: Dennis Hudson, 50, was shot to death by a Lincoln Police Department officer responding to a domestic incident at a Discount Food Mart on U.S. Highway 78 in Eastaboga. Hudson was armed with a shotgun. The Alabama Bureau of Investigation is reviewing the officer involved shooting. (report)

Tuscaloosa County

1. 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)
2. January 8: Harlee Joseph Watson, 19, was the second victim.
3. January 11: Markee Antwon Lee, 27, was shot near Hargrove Road and 11th Avenue in Tuscaloosa after a fight broke out during a late-night birthday party. Deshawn Lamarcus Holliday and Brandon Jerron Elliott were both arrested and charged with capital murder. (report)
4. May 29: Barrie Dwayne "Barric" Riggs, 43, was found shot to death in his vehicle on the 3300 block of 16th Street in Tuscaloosa. The shooting is thought to be drug-related. Steven Pickett was arrested and charged with capital murder. (report)
5. June 6: Jayla Latrice Parler, 13, was killed along with her younger half-sister when the Ford Fiesta they were riding in was struck on U.S. Highway 82 10 miles east of Tuscaloosa. Neither girl was wearing a seatbelt. Former astronaut James Halsell Jr of Huntsville was arrested on suspicion of drunk driving and charged with murder. (report)
6. June 6: Niomi Deona James, 11, was killed in the same collision.
7. July 24: Juan Pasquel, 25, was stabbed to death during a domestic argument at an apartment in the 1000 building of Forrester Gardens Apartments on James I. Harrison Parkway in Tuscaloosa. Dazray Nevels was arrested at the scene and charged in connection with the stabbing. (report)
8. August 6: Cleophus Henderson Jr, 49, was killed in an automobile collision at Helen Keller Boulevard and University Boulevard in Tuscaloosa. Anthony Dewayne Wells, the driver of the car he was riding in, was charged with murder based on witness statements saying that he was speeding and ran a red light. He was arrested on August 27. (report)
9. August 11: Ruby Prentice, 65, was shot to death along with her grandson at their home at 5709 29th Avenue East off of Jug Factory Road in Tuscaloosa. Her husband, Victor Neal Prentice, was arrested after a standoff and charged with capital murder. (report)
10. August 11: Justin Marquise Prentice, 20, was killed in the same incident.
11. August 16: Travis Nichols, 37, was shot to death by his older brother at 4815 Reichhold Road in Tuscaloosa. Michael Nichols was apprehended at the scene and charged with murder. (report)

Walker County

1. February 13: Nicholas Hawkins, 19, was shot in the back and bludgeoned to death at a vacant lot in southwest Dora. Joshua Adam Reese, Cory Daniel Conner, and Danny Lee Jarvis were arrested and charged with murder. Tessa Wise, Lawanda Reese and Colton Stephen Echols were charged with hindering prosecution. Based on testimony from his co-defendents, investigators concluded that Reese carried out the murder and disposal of Reese's body. They also learned that Reese had been in a romantic relationship with Hawkins, and also with Hawkins' mother, Daphne Webb. After a preliminary hearing for the three murder defendants on April 27, 2016, Judge Henry Allred sent the charges to a grand jury. (report)
2. May 30: Terry Wayne Roberts, 55, was found shot to death under a mattress in a house on Allen Ridge Road in Empire. Three people have been charged in connection with his death. (report)