List of homicides in 2017

This is a List of homicides in 2017, including homicide cases reported throughout the Birmingham District. To date, 35 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.

Blount County

1. February 25: Bethany Brooke Evans, 23, was shot to death at the home of Patrick Dorsett off of Tuscaloosa Pike in Cleveland. Dorsett was arrested and charged with capital murder. (report)

Jefferson County

32 total

Bessemer

1. January 9: Julian Garcia, 21, was found shot to death in a wrecked car on the 3400 block of 9th Avenue North. Several shell casings were found in the parking lot of a nearby nightclub. No arrest. (report)
2. January 22: Stacie Carroll Williams, 36, was one of two female passengers killed when a Ford SUV struck the car they were riding in at the intersection of 9th Avenue and 19th Street North. The driver of the car, Courtland Dion Griffin, had fled from a traffic stop because he mistakenly believed he was sought on outstanding warrants. He was being pursued by Bessemer police when the collision occurred. Griffin, who was briefly hospitalized with minor injuries, was charged with two counts of felony murder. (report)
3. January 22: Amanda Lynn Hill Pigg, 37, was killed in the same incident.
4. February 9: Deandre Briggs, 19, was shot to death in an apparent drive-by near the Citgo gas station on 4th Avenue. Rakeen Ahmir Rembert, K'hari Nasyr Rembert and Danterrious Young Hill were arrested and charged with capital murder and attempted murder. (report)

Birmingham

21 homicides. See List of Birmingham homicides in 2017 for details.

Center Point

1. February 25: Jonas Maldonado, 31, was found shot to death in his pick-up truck which had crashed into a utility pole at Center Point High School. Investigators believe he was shot elsewhere and drove to that location. No arrest. (report)
2. February 27: Janet Renae Shaw, 36, was found strangled to death in her home in the Parkway Mirage Apartments on the 1800 block of Center Brook Lane. Willie Bell Jr was taken into custody at the scene and charged with capital murder. (report)

Fairfield

1. January 18: Tyrone Bennet, 17, was shot to death on the 800 block of Valley Road while on his way to school. No arrest. (report)
3. February 15: Eric Dial, 18, was shot to death outside his house on 43rd Street. Marquis Bell and Phillip Moore have been charged with his murder. Moore remains at large. (report)
4. March 2: An unnamed male was found shot to death outside a vacant house at 4117 Lloyd Noland Parkway. No arrest. (report)

Tarrant

1. January 31: Marcus Jermaine Felder, 30, died at UAB Hospital a day after being shot while leaving a house near the intersection of Prosh Avenue and Cambron Street where he had gone with his brother to try to retrieve a stolen vehicle. Joshawn Darnell McCall is alleged to have fired at their car as they left after an argument. He was arrested and charged with capital murder. (report)

Tuscaloosa County

1. February 5: Alex Dewayne Bedwell, 38, was shot to death in the parking lot near his home in the Emory Woods Condominiums on Veteran's Memorial Parkway in Tuscaloosa. The shooting apparently followed an argument over a woman. Dillon Michael Lee was arrested at the scene and charged with murder. (report)
2. February 13: Richard Lee Rawlins, 34, was shot to death during an argument in the yard of a house at 14835 South Rosser Road. David Demond Hinton, resident at that address, was arrested and charged with murder. (report)