List of homicides in 2024

This is a List of homicides in 2024, including homicide cases reported throughout the Birmingham District. At least 25 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.

Calhoun County

1. January 1: Kasmine L. McAfee, 21, died at Northeast Alabama Regional Medical from gunshot wounds suffered in an argument on the 2700 block of Simpson Street in Anniston. Jarvis Donquisse Swink was arrested and charged with murder. (report)

Etowah County

1. January 2: Brandi Whitt, 45, was found shot to death alongside her younger, son at their home on Glenn Gap Road northeast of Gadsden. Her older son, Brandon Wagnon, and his girlfriend were taken into custody at the scene. She was later released and he was charged with two counts of murder. (report)
2. January 2: Brantley Whitt, 9, Wagnon's half-brother, was found shot to death in the same incident.

Jefferson County

20 homicides

Bessemer

1. January 7: Brandon Jamal Nation III, 5, was pronounced dead at Children's Hospital after suffering gunshot wounds in a drive-by assault at a house on the 500 block of 7th Avenue North Bessemer where he was getting his hair cut. The man cutting his hair was critically injured and hospitalized. Kendrick Rondell O'Neal, Tatyonna Estacia Smith, Kedarrius Odell Mack, and Anthony Demarrious Steverson were arrested charged with capital murder, attempted murder, and shooting into an occupied dwelling. (report)
2. February 3: Kirby Lashon Tate Jr, 19, was found dead shot to death outside a home on the 300 block of Norwood Avenue. No arrest. (report)
3. February 16: Gabriel Alonso, 19 months, was pronounced dead on arrival at UAB Medical West. The Jefferson County Sheriff's Office investigated the death and arrested Alonso's mother's boyfriend, Oscar Espinoza Guadarrama. (report)

Birmingham

16 homicides. See 2024 Birmingham homicides for details.

Fairfield

1. January 6: Kenneth Dewayne Smith Jr, 26, was found shot to death in a Jeep Cherokee which crashed into a residence on the 800 block of Beacon Drive. No arrest. (report)

St Clair County

1. January 22: John D. Bowlin, 61, was shot to death at his home on Lee Green Road in Moody. His wife was also injured by gunfire. Their son, John Adam Bowlin, was arrested and charged with murder and attempted murder. He was ordered held without bond pending trial. (report)

Tuscaloosa County

1. January 13: Cayden "Beau" Nolen, 20, died from gunshot wounds suffered in a shootout on the 11000 block of Pate Road in the Buhl community. Three others were injured. Dallas Eugene Clark, Zachary Tyler Smith, and Jarret Tyler Booth were arrested and charged with murder and attempted murder. (report)
2. January 28: An unnamed male was shot to death at the Landmark Apartments on Old Greensboro Road in Tuscaloosa. No arrest.

Responses

The nonprofit Mothers United Against Gun Violence began holding monthly support group meetings at Homewood Public Library for families of victims of violence.

References

• Bookman, Alaina (January 21, 2024) "Birmingham Mothers United Against Gun Violence to begin grief support group." AL.com