List of homicides in 2019

This is a List of homicides in 2019, including homicide cases reported throughout the Birmingham District. To date, at least 33 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.

Etowah County

1. January 3: An unnamed male was killed and two other men wounded by gunfire when an argument broke out at Hammett Towing & Recovery on Wesson Lake Road just outside Attalla. The suspected shooter has not been named, but is believed to have been one of those injured. (report)

Jefferson County

29 total

Bessemer

1. February 15: An unnamed male died at UAB Hospital from a gunshot wound received during a dispute with a woman on the 200 block of 24th Street South. (report)

Birmingham

18 homicides. See List of Birmingham homicides in 2019 for details.

Center Point

1. January 27: Veronica Gail Foy, 47, died at UAB Hospital after being shot by a male who approached her while she was sitting in her car at the Center Point Gardens apartments on Garden Way and shot her in the side. Her daughter and granddaughter were also in the car. The shooter fled the scene on foot. No arrest. (report)

Hoover

1. February 7: Keith Terrell Cooperwood, 29, was shot to death during an altercation at the Nine90 Wisteria Apartments on Wisteria Place. The shooter turned himself in to police. Prosecutors determined that the shooting was justified and declined to pursue criminal charges. (report)
2. February 18: Arthur Grey Till Jr, 73, was found dead from blunt force trauma at his home on the 3100 block of Crossings Drive in the Caldwell Crossings subdivision. Jackson Bradley Young was arrested and charged with murder. (report)

Kimberly

1. February 6: Ronny Leon Stallings, 60, was shot to death in his home in the Kimberly Estates mobile home park. His son, Ryan Stallings, was arrested and charged with his murder. (report)

Lipscomb

1. February 6: Fredrick O’Neal Harris, 63, was found wrapped in trash bags on 15th Street just inside the city limits. (report)

Midfield

1. January 24: David Lee Morgan, 40, was found dead from gunshot wounds at a vacant parking lot at the intersection of Cherry Street and Bessemer Superhighway. Investigators believe he was killed elsewhere and dumped there. No arrest. (report)
2. February 13: Jimmy Lee Martin, 38, was shot to death in his home on the 1400 block of Collier Drive during an apparent home invasion. No arrest. (report)

Warrior

1. February 25: Barry Jay McDonald, 55, was found shot to death in a wooded area off of Baker Street, near U.S. Highway 31. No arrest. (report)

Unincorporated Jefferson County

1. January 9: Brandi Allen, 39, was killed by her estranged husband, Mark David Allen, 43, who committed suicide. They were both found in a car parked at her home on the 8500 block of Old Bagley Road in the Bagley community. (report)
2. February : Arnulfo Ortega, 39, died at UAB Hospital from wounds suffered when he and another man were shot during a dispute with a co-worker over an automobile transaction at the business where they both worked on the 5900 block of Service Road off of Chalkville Mountain Road just outside the Trussville city limit. Walter Edward Juskiewicz was arrested and charged with murder and attempted murder. (report)

Shelby County

1. February 23: Calvin J. Ray, 19, was found shot to death at his home on the 3700 block of Shelby County Highway 77 near Columbiana. Calvin's brother, Jalen K. Ray, was injured in a confrontation with another family member. Jalen was arrested and charged with murder and attempted murder. (report)

St Clair County

1. February 24: John W. Patterson, 76, was found dead near Pleasant Grove Baptist Church at Police Camp Road and St Clair County Highway 57 north of Riverside. His son, John Shane Patterson, was arrested and charged with murder. (report)

Tuscaloosa County

1. January 2: Warkeisha Renata Caddell, 38, was found dead in her home at 2300 Crabtree Road. Her boyfriend, Korrie Donnell Robinson, turned himself in to the Tuscaloosa County Sheriff’s Office and was charged with murder. He told investigators he shot Caddell in self-defense. (report)