2024 Birmingham homicides
This is a List of Birmingham homicides in 2024. It includes homicide cases occurring within the city limits during the calendar year. Note that a "homicide" refers to the cause of death as determined by a medical examiner, not to the commission of the crime of murder as charged by police and prosecutors.
1 homicide has been reported in the city as of January 6. Birmingham had 150 homicides in 2023, a record high. The recent record low of 62 homicides was set in 2014. At this point in 2023, 4 homicides had been reported.
The city has averaged 5.2 homicides per month, or one every 6 days.
None of the reported homicides have been ruled justifiable as self-defense by investigators or prosecutors. With the exception of those cases, the department acknowledges 1 chargeable homicide. Suspects have been identified in 0 cases, arrested in 0 and charged in 0.
At least 1 death so far has resulted from a shooting. 1 incident occurred at a private home.
1 homicide took place during a robbery.
1 victims was a male and 0 were females.
Listing by date
- January 6: Ledaron Pope, 43, died at a home on the 8400 block of 7th Avenue South in South East Lake. A vehicle was taken and is sought. No arrest. (report)
Responses
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References
External links
- Fatal Shootings in Birmingham, Alabama at the National Gun Violence Memorial