List of homicides in 2007

This is a List of Jefferson County homicides in 2007. A total of 97 homicides have been reported within the county as of September 24, 2007. 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 determined by plea or trial.

Listing

Bessemer

1. February 26: Roger Perkins, 45 of 2416 Berkley Avenue shot multiple times (map). Starlin Wayne Moore, 41, of Tuscaloosa charged, and surrendered to police. [1]
2. April 8: Demetrius Lyvell Holmes, 22, shot in the head after getting into his car on the 1800 block of Long 14th Street (map). Cottrell Watson, 22, was arrested and charged with capital murder. [2]
3. May 14: Sheila Prevo, an employee of Wachovia Bank on Bessemer Superhighway, was shot during a robbery (map). William Merriweather, Jr has been charged with capital murder. [3]
4. May 14: Eva Hudson, an employee of Wachovia Bank on Bessemer Superhighway, was shot during a robbery. William Merriweather, Jr has been charged with a second count of capital murder. [4]
5. May 27: Joshua Hughes, 14, shot in back yard of house at 2403 Dartmouth Avenue during a birthday party (map). No arrest. [5]
6. June 1: The badly decomposed body of Mary Catherine Williams, 19, was found behind a building at Morgan Road and Drexel Road Southeast near I-459. Tarquinne McCain, Lakendall Sims, James Pratt, and Travis Burns have all been charged with capital murder. [6]
7. June 17: Antonio Johnson, 27, shot in a street fight on the 2700 block of Dartmouth Avenue (map). [7]
8. June 17: Gerald Ausbrook, 27, shot in a street fight on the 2700 block of Dartmouth Avenue (map). [8]
9. July 24: Jeremy Long, 27, shot on the 700 block of 25th Street North. (map). [9]
10. August 22: Ricky Danner, 53, shot at 2300 Fairfax Avenue. [10]
11. September 16: Naketa Manuel, 27, shot on back porch at 2121 17th Street North. [11]
16. September 24: Arthur Johnson, 20, killed at intersection of 8th Avenue and 28th Street shortly after midnight. No suspects. [12]

Birmingham

• 62 homicides (list)

Center Point

1. January 23: Saudia Causwell, 20, stabbed during argument in parking lot of the Livingston Oak Apartments at 5401 Livingston Oaks Circle (map). She was 30 weeks pregnant and her child was successfully delivered at UAB Hospital. Joi Gallagher, who has three children by the father of Causwell's child, has been charged in the killing. [13]
2. February 17: Jade Amos, 40, shot in barber chair at Lil D's Barber Shop, 1657 Center Point Road (map). [14]

Fairfield

1. February 25: Marquis Story, 17, shot in the chest in the 400 block of Valley Road. Police believe the shooting to have been accidental. [15]
2. June 26: Michael Grant, 50, was shot multiple times in the chest, apparently by his nephew, outside their house on the 5100 block of Hillside Drive. The suspect is in custody. [16]
3. July 18: Cedric Burch, 23, was shot at the Mobil station at 3639 Richard M. Scrushy Parkway. Damien McDaniel and Alphonza Holmes are sought as suspects, but remain at large. [17]

Hoover

1. July 8: Maurice Grainger, 64, found shot at home at 1604 Colesbury Circle. Presumed to be have carried out a murder-suicide. [18]
2. July 8: Barbara Grainger, 66, found shot at home at 1604 Colesbury Circle. Presumed to be a victim of a murder-suicide. [19]
3. July 22: Unnamed male, 63, found shot at home at 877 Alford Avenue. Presumed to be have carried out a murder-suicide. [20]
4. July 22: Mary Jane O'Bryan, 35, found shot 877 Alford Avenue. Presumed to be a victim of a murder-suicide. [21]

Irondale

1. February 5: Applonia DeBardelaben, 21, shot by acquaintance at home at 5133 Caldwell Road. [22]
2. June 16: Matthew Jackson, 23, gunned down after answering the door at his parents' home on McCoy Street. [23]

Lipscomb

1. May 5: Gabriel Castillo Alaniz, 21, found lying at 3rd Place South near the Lipscomb city limit. Tarquinne McCain, Lakendall Sims, James Pratt, and Travis Burns have all been charged with capital murder and robbery. [24]

Pinson

1. September 25: Demarius Eddins, 20, was stabbed to death during an argument in a trailer on the 8600 block of Old Highway 75 in the Village Springs community. Socoria Meshumm Houston has been arrested and charged with murder. [25]

Tarrant

1. April 3: Seth Ollison, 18, shot with a rifle while walking near Virginia Street and Sloan Avenue. He was brought to the UAB Hospital emergency room where he later died. The crowd at the hospital created a disturbance which brought a police response. Alphones Lemark Carlton, 19 and Christopher Keith Rhodes, 18, were arrested and charged. [26]

Unincorporated Jefferson County

1. July 15: Vernon Florence, 52, shot in his home at 405 Miles Drive in the Oak Grove community. Bobby Ray Sims has been arrested and charged with two counts of capital murder. [27]
2. July 15: Teresa Russell Florence, 47, shot in her home at 405 Miles Drive in the Oak Grove community. Bobby Ray Sims has been arrested and charged with two counts of capital murder. [28]
3. September 24: James Wayne Hutchins, 47, was found dead with gunshot wounds near the intersection of Tower Drive and Rotenberry Drive in the Sandusky area. [29]

Vestavia Hills

1. June 24: Donny Lee Ackers, 40 and Brandy Lynn Dillon, 28 were found dead in Acker's apartment at the Vestavia Park Court Apartments. Investigators suspect a murder-suicide. [30]

Warrior

1. March 13: Michael Robertson, 38, shot by a Warrior police officer following a robbery at a Dollar General store on thee 400 block Caldwell Drive.

References

• Robinson, Carol (January 1, 2007) "Birmingham homicides up." Birmingham News.