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'''Derrol Shaw''' (born [[1988]]) is the murderer of [[Walter Hill]], [[Ryan Evans]], [[John Martin]], [[Evelyn Martin]], all of whom were [[List of Birmingham homicides in 2006|killed in June 2006]].
'''Derrol Shaw''' (born [[1988]]) is the confessed murderer of [[Walter Hill]], [[Ryan Evans]], [[John L. Martin]], [[Evelyn Martin (nurse)|Evelyn Martin]], all of whom were [[List of Birmingham homicides in 2006|killed in June 2006]].


Shaw began his spree with a series of carjackings starting in February 2006. He was convicted of both state and federal charges in the carjackings, and is also serving time for an attempted murder which took place during an apartment robbery. Shaw agreed to plead guilty to the four homicides during a January [[2008]] hearing. After a jury returns a verdict, he will be sentenced to life without parole.
Shaw was raised by a working couple, his mother and stepfather. He dropped out of [[Parker High School]] in the 10th grade and began sleeping away from home at friend's houses. He began his crime spree with a series of carjackings starting in February 2006. In late May he carried out three carjackings in a single day, one of which yielded a .38-caliber Titan revolver. He fired the gun during a robbery of a doctor's apartment on [[June 7]], and then used it when he and Evans robbed and killed Hill two days later. The fatal shot came from Hill's own .38, which was taken along with a few dollars, some jewelry and a new red Ford pickup truck.
 
After learning that Evans was bragging about the murder and wearing and giving away some of the jewelry stolen from Hill's house, Shaw went looking for him. He found him at his grandparents' house on the evening of [[June 13]]. His argument with Evans prompted Mrs Martin to come downstairs to check on her grandson while Mr Martin, enfeebled by hip surgeries and arthritis, remained upstairs. Shaw killed all three of them, bound their bodies in plastic sheeting, blankets and duct tape, and disposed of their bodies in an overgrown ravine just south of [[Reader's Gap]] near [[Borah Avenue]] in [[Muscoda]].
 
Shaw was captured shortly afterward and convicted on federal and state charges in the carjackings and the attempted murder of the physician. In prison he bragged to a cellmate that he couldn't be prosecuted in the murders because the bodies would never be found. A surveyor did find them, however, in December 2006. On the advice of his attorneys, [[Emory Anthony]] and [[Eric Guster]], Shaw pleaded guilty to the four homicides in January [[2008]]. A jury found that the plea was proved beyond a reasonable doubt based on physical evidence and witness testimony. Judge [[Alfred Bahakel]] sentenced him to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole.
 
On [[August 13]], [[2023]] Shaw was involved in a "security incident" at [[Donaldson Correctional Facility]]. He posted a live-stream video to social media in which he was wearing a correctional-officer's armored vest, holding a handgun, and smoking marijuana. Shaw described the conditions in the prison as "chaos every single day," with the deaths of inmates occurring regularly. Shaw cut himself on razor wire during the incident. With correctional officers having left the facility, other inmates secured the handgun and delivered it and Shaw to responders outside the prison. Afterward, Shaw was charged with possession of a gun, promoting prison contraband, and making a terroristic threat. A separate disciplinary report added that Shaw held prison staff hostage during the incident.


==References==
==References==
* Velasco, Eric (January 14, 2008) "Derrol Shaw, 20, agrees to plead guilty to four Birmingham murders." ''Birmingham News''.
* Velasco, Eric (January 14, 2008) "Derrol Shaw, 20, agrees to plead guilty to four Birmingham murders." {{BN}}
* Velasco, Eric (January 16, 2008) "Derrol Shaw used and 81-year-old grandmother as a shield before shooting her and her grandson, trial testimony shows." [sic] {{BN}}
* Velasco, Eric (January 20, 2008) "Couple takes in grandson, but move opens door for a killer ." {{BN}}
* Robinson, Carol (August 13, 2023) "Derrol Shaw, killer of 4 involved in Alabama prison ‘security incident,’ appeared in video: ‘We die all the time’." {{AL}}
* Burkhalter, Eddie (August 24, 2023) "[http://alabamaappleseed.org/author/eddie-burkhalter/there-was-a-gun-in-a-maximum-security-prison-incarcerated-people-say-it-was-left-to-them-to-secure-the-area/ There was a gun in a maximum security prison. Incarcerated people say it was left to them to secure the area]." Alabama Appleseed Center for Law and Justice
* Darrington, Patrick (September 8, 2023) "New information reveals ADOC contradictions regarding August “security incident." ''[[Alabama Political Reporter]]''


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Latest revision as of 10:34, 17 September 2023

Derrol Shaw (born 1988) is the confessed murderer of Walter Hill, Ryan Evans, John L. Martin, Evelyn Martin, all of whom were killed in June 2006.

Shaw was raised by a working couple, his mother and stepfather. He dropped out of Parker High School in the 10th grade and began sleeping away from home at friend's houses. He began his crime spree with a series of carjackings starting in February 2006. In late May he carried out three carjackings in a single day, one of which yielded a .38-caliber Titan revolver. He fired the gun during a robbery of a doctor's apartment on June 7, and then used it when he and Evans robbed and killed Hill two days later. The fatal shot came from Hill's own .38, which was taken along with a few dollars, some jewelry and a new red Ford pickup truck.

After learning that Evans was bragging about the murder and wearing and giving away some of the jewelry stolen from Hill's house, Shaw went looking for him. He found him at his grandparents' house on the evening of June 13. His argument with Evans prompted Mrs Martin to come downstairs to check on her grandson while Mr Martin, enfeebled by hip surgeries and arthritis, remained upstairs. Shaw killed all three of them, bound their bodies in plastic sheeting, blankets and duct tape, and disposed of their bodies in an overgrown ravine just south of Reader's Gap near Borah Avenue in Muscoda.

Shaw was captured shortly afterward and convicted on federal and state charges in the carjackings and the attempted murder of the physician. In prison he bragged to a cellmate that he couldn't be prosecuted in the murders because the bodies would never be found. A surveyor did find them, however, in December 2006. On the advice of his attorneys, Emory Anthony and Eric Guster, Shaw pleaded guilty to the four homicides in January 2008. A jury found that the plea was proved beyond a reasonable doubt based on physical evidence and witness testimony. Judge Alfred Bahakel sentenced him to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole.

On August 13, 2023 Shaw was involved in a "security incident" at Donaldson Correctional Facility. He posted a live-stream video to social media in which he was wearing a correctional-officer's armored vest, holding a handgun, and smoking marijuana. Shaw described the conditions in the prison as "chaos every single day," with the deaths of inmates occurring regularly. Shaw cut himself on razor wire during the incident. With correctional officers having left the facility, other inmates secured the handgun and delivered it and Shaw to responders outside the prison. Afterward, Shaw was charged with possession of a gun, promoting prison contraband, and making a terroristic threat. A separate disciplinary report added that Shaw held prison staff hostage during the incident.

References

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