List of homicides in 2024
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This is a List of homicides in 2024, including homicide cases reported throughout the Birmingham District. At least 199 homicides have been reported in the area for the year. Note that a "homicide" refers to a cause of death as determined by a medical examiner, not to the crime of murder, as charged by prosecutors and adjudicated through the courts.
Bibb County
- July 18: Kelse Kendrick, 24, was pronounced dead at UAB Hospital from gunshot wounds suffered in a mass shooting at her home on Greentree Drive (Bibb County Road 12) northeast of West Blocton. Four children died in the same incident. Her husband, Brandon Allan Kendrick II, was arrested at the scene and charged with 5 counts of capital murder. He pleaded not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect. (report)
- July 18: Kaleb Kendrick, 6, her son, was found shot to death in the same incident.
- July 18: Kynli Kendrick, 2, her daughter, was found shot to death in the same incident.
- July 18: Colton Daniels, 8, her nephew, was found shot to death in the same incident.
- July 18: Haley Daniels, 6, her niece, was pronounced dead at Children's Hospital from injuries suffered in the same incident.
Blount County
Calhoun County
- 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)
- June 5: Jonathan Carter, 44, died at Northeast Alabama Regional Medical Center after being found in his vehicle on the 1700 block of Electronics Drive in Anniston suffering from gunshot wounds. Keeon Chatman turned himself in to police. (report)
Chilton County
Coosa County
- May 1: David Tyrell Benson, 27, died from gunshot wounds suffered on Coosa County Road 93 north of Nixburg. Tramaine Dasean Grandison was arrested and charged with murder and theft of property. (report)
Cullman County
- April 28: Walter Eugene Robinson, 46, was shot to death during a family argument at a home on Cullman County Road 109 in Bremen. No arrest. (report)
- May 24: Ellarea Dickson, 77, was struck and killed by a driver fleeing from a police chase which began in Hartselle, Morgan County and ended on U.S. Highway 31 near the South Cullman Shopping Center in Cullman. Two others were injured in the collision. The suspect, Michael Neal Ivy, was arrested and charged with murder, 1st degree assault, attempting to elude, resisting arrest, and reckless endangerment along with several moving offenses. (report)
- July : Dylan Bomberry Wright, 28, died from gunshot wounds suffered during an argument at a home in the Battleground community near Vinemont. Jamarion Allen Harrison was charged with murder, but remains at large. (report)
Etowah County
- 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)
- January 2: Brantley Whitt, 9, Wagnon's half-brother, was found shot to death in the same incident.
- July 4: Tyler Golden, 35, was found shot to death at his home on the 2000 block of Self Street in Altoona. Two people at the scene were taken into custody. No charges have been announced. (report)
Jefferson County
162 homicides
Adamsville
- April 5: Patrick Jamal Johnson, 52, was shot to death on the 5100 block of Kings Drive. Earl Duane Scott was arrested and charged with murder. (report)
Bessemer
- 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)
- 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)
- March 30: Andre Taylor, 49, was killed in a shooting near the intersection of 18th Street and 18th Way. Michael J. Larkin was arrested and charged with capital murder. (report)
- May 15: William "Barry" Brannon, 59, was found shot to death in his SUV on Alabama Adventure Parkway following a shooting believed to have taken place in I-459 North. Derrick Lamonte Todd Jr was arrested in June and charged with capital murder. (report)
- May 12: Franklin James Walker, 37, was struck and killed by a driver while walking on the 1000 block of 19th Street North. The driver, Dawayn Omar Pruitt was injured, and was found to have been under the influence of alcohol. He was charged in June with reckless manslaughter. (report)
- July 19: Demetrius LaKeen Fletcher, 43, was found dead on the 1900 block of 10th Avenue North following a shooting which occurred during an argument just before midnight. Two others were wounded by gunfire. Tracey Darnell Rush was arrested and charged with murder, first-degree assault and first-degree domestic violence. (report)
- July 27: Lee Curtis Tate, 62, was shot to death during an altercation on the 2800 block of Dartmouth Avenue. No arrest. (report)
- August 30: Wesley Fowler Jr, 41, was one of three men shot to death in a targeted assault by a group of men at the Citgo gas station at 200 4th Avenue Bessemer. Raukeem Cunningham was arrested and charged with capital murder. Jeffery Dwaine Moody Jr was arrested and charged with attempted murder. Willie B. Stokes III was also arrested and charged with hindering prosecution for allegedly assisting Cunningham with setting fire to his car to conceal evidence. Another suspect is sought. (report)
- August 30: Christopher Eddins, 25, was killed in the same incident.
- August 30: Ronald Dixon Jr, 20, was killed in the same incident.
- September 9: James S. Bowen Jr, 21, died at UAB Hospital from gunshot wounds suffered in the parking lot of a business on the 5900 block of Greenwood Parkway. No arrest. (report)
Birmingham
- 131 homicides. See 2024 Birmingham homicides for details.
Brighton
- August 17: An unnamed male, 19, was found dead near a vehicle at the intersection of Jaybird Road and Edward Street. No arrest. (report)
- September 27: Kandyce Marie Williams, 28, was brought to the Brighton Police Department with a fatal gunshot wound. No arrest. (report)
Center Point
- April 27: Dexter Antonio Buchanan, 36, was found shot to death on the 500 block of 16th Court Northwest. No arrest. (report)
- April 28: Gemar Demetriece Hubbard, 54, died at UAB Hospital from blunt force injuries suffered while visiting a friend at the Pine View Pointe Apartments on the 1500 block of Charter East Circle. No arrest. (report)
- August 13: Miguel De Jesus Ramirez, 34, was found shot to death in the front yard of a home at 1641 1st Street Northeast. No arrest. (report)
Fairfield
- 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)
- April 8: Roger Harris, 47, was shot to death in an apparent targeted assault outside his workplace at Fire Rock Products at 3620 Avenue C. The Jefferson County Sheriff's Office is investigating the shooting. No arrest. (report)
- September 23: Marquise Jermaine Witherspoon, 17, was shot to death on the 300 block of 67th Street. No arrest. (report)
- September 28: Paul Justin Stanley, 35, Budgetel Inns & Suites at 6400 Kelco Place. A suspect was taken into custody at the scene. (report)
Hoover
- February 9: Tamarion Burton, 19, was killed when the Nissan Sentra he was riding in was struck and ran off of I-459 southbound near Exit 138 for Montgomery Highway. Investigators determined that both vehicles involved in the collision were participating in a highway race between a group of acquaintances headed to Mississippi from Georgia, and that two of the three vehicles involved in the race had been stolen. Another male in the same car was hospitalized with serious injuries. Tyrique M. Carter and Elisha Jamal Lindsey were arrested after separate pursuits and charged with reckless murder, leaving the scene of an accident with injuries, attempting to elude, receiving stolen property and motor vehicle speed contest. (report)
Hueytown
- February 19: Contravia Lamond Jackson, 43, was shot to death while in the front seat of a car parked outside a house on the 200 block of June Avenue in Pell City. The shooter was a resident of the home, and was not charged. La'Garyeus Lamar Boglin, who was with Jackson, was arrested in March and charged with first-degree robbery, first-degree kidnapping, first-degree burglary, and felony murder. (https://www.al.com/news/2024/03/man-charged-in-death-of-acquaintance-who-was-fatally-shot-by-hueytown-homeowner.html report])
- March 26: Gabriel Demor Edwards, 18, was found dead from an apparent hit-and-run collision near the intersection of Hueytown Road and Walker Avenue. Walter Lee Ellison was arrested and charged with murder, driving under the influence, and leaving the scene of an accident with injuries. (report)
Lipscomb
- February 17: Hajsun Jermale Hudson Jr, 18, died at UAB Hospital from injuries suffered when the car he was riding in struck a tree near the intersection of 6th Avenue North and 5th Street the day before, following a short police chase. Two other passengers were in the car, one critically injured. The driver, Jarvis Terrell Owens, was charged with murder, first-degree assault and attempting to elude. (report)
- March 19: Reginald Johnson, 50, died at UAB Hospital from gunshot wounds suffered the previous evening on the 5700 block of 15th Street South. No arrest. (report)
Midfield
- April 6: Damien Antonio Minard, 43, was shot to death on the 1300 block of Woodward Road. Because the shooting took place on a weekend, it is being investigated by the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office. (report)
Mulga
- April 4: Lakechia Rena "Keedy" Bryant, 46, was found shot to death at her home on the 200 block of 2nd Avenue. Her boyfriend, , was identified as a suspect. He fled from an attempted stop in Adamsville and fired at pursuers before crashing his Cadillac near the corner of Cherry Avenue and Glasgow Hollow Road, off I-22 in Graysville. He was shot by police and transported to UAB Hospital.
Unincorporated Jefferson County
- February 16: Gabriel Adriel Alonso Romero, 19 months, was pronounced dead on arrival at UAB Medical West in Bessemer from injuries presumed to have been suffered at his home on Mayfield Avenue in McCalla. The Jefferson County Sheriff's Office investigated the death and arrested Alonso's mother's boyfriend, Oscar Espinoza Guadarrama. He was charged with capital murder. (report)
- March 5: Jewel Bendolph, 38, was found in a shallow grave near his abandoned vehicle in a wooded area off the 5200 block of Dewey Heights Road between Pinson and Clay. He was last heard from early on March 3. No arrest. (report)
- March 8: Keenan Orl Phillips, 33, was shot to death while apparently breaking into a home on the 6600 block of Newbridge Drive in McCalla. No charges were filed. (report)
- April 7: Lanetta Mechelle Palacios, 32, was found dead from blunt force trauma after a domestic assault at her home in the 5600 block of Timber Leaf Loop in the Timber Leaf Cove subdivision in McCalla. Her husband, Peter Pablo Palacios, was arrested and charged with capital murder. (report)
- June 8: Deandre Roney, 39, died at UAB Hospital from injuries suffered in a stabbing at the Donaldson Correctional Facility. No charges have been announced. (report)
- August 20: Brandon Barclay Jones, 44, was shot to death in an argument with his roommate at their house on the 1200 block of Woodslee Street, in an unincorporated area surrounded by Birmingham's Killough Springs neighborhood. The other male was injured in the incident. No charges have been announced. (report)
Lee County
Shelby County
St Clair County
- 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)
- April 9: An unnamed male, 45, was pronounced dead at Ascension St Vincent's St Clair after being found shot in a home on the 500 block of Florida Road in Pell City. His nephew, Jacob Callahan, was taken into custody at the scene and later charged with murder. (report)
Talladega County
- February 26: Tamekia Tana Fluker, 40, was killed by gunshots fired into her home at 306 South Main Avenue in Sylacauga. Her brother, Nartavius Cortez Fluker-Smith, had been shot to death outside the same house in 2022. Jamir De'Jawn "J. D." Russ was arrested and charged with capital murder. (report)
- March 6: Jeremy Dewayne Wilson, 40, an Ohatchee Police Department officer, was pronounced dead at Coosa Valley Medical Center from a gunshot wound suffered during a domestic dispute at 1599 Commerce Drive in Sylacauga. No charges have been filed. ([1])
- June 21: Pierre Remayne Whitson, 37, was killed by a hit-and-run driver while cycling near the intersection of Stephen J. White Boulevard and North Street East in Talladega. No arrest. (report)
- July 20: Dahkari A. Wilson, 34, died at Citizen's Baptist Medical Center from gunshot wounds suffered at 1620 Old Shocco Road in Talladega. A female was also injured in the same incident. No arrest. (report)
- July 20: An unnamed male, 17, was shot to death at the Sunrise Apartments at 613 Broadway Avenue in Talladega. No arrest. (report)
- August 8: Marvin Darrius Smith Jr, 24, died at Citizens Baptist Medical Center from gunshot wounds suffered during an altercation at a Chevron gas station on Broadway Avenue in Talladega. A 17-year-old suspect has been identified, but no charges have been announced as the circumstances remain under investigation. (report)
- August 15: Michael Wells, 45, was killed near his home on Pine Hill Lane in Sylacauga's Odena community. No arrest. (report)
Tallapoosa County
- May 29: The remains of Quanisha Davis, 30, last seen on May 17, were found in a wooded area off of Buck Street in Dadeville. Robert Lee Young, who had been dating Davis and was free on bond from a January domestic violence arrest, was arrested and charged with murder. (report)
Tuscaloosa County
- 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)
- January 28: Demarkus Hall, 30, was shot to death during a robbery at the Landmark Apartments on Old Greensboro Road in Tuscaloosa. Kyandre Grant, Rashad Aaron, and Cadarious Williams were arrested and charged with murder. Jamil Prentice was also charged with conspiracy to commit robbery in connection with Hall's death. (report)
- March 5: Jessika Lyn Andrews, 35, was found beaten to death at her home on the 1700 block of 47th Avenue Northwest in Holt. Her former boyfriend, Jarvos Jermaine Osborne, was arrested and charged with capital murder. (report)
- March 25: Evet Michelle Tower, 45, was shot to death by Tuscaloosa Police during a confrontation at a resident in the 700 building of Aspen Village Apartments off Skyland Boulevard. Tower's daughter had called 911 to report that her mother, who was diagnosed with a mental disorder, was "exhibiting symptoms". While police were present, Tower picked up a kitchen knife and attempted to stab her daughter. (report)
- May 5: Donavin Ryans, 30, was killed in a shooting and four others wounded during a party at a home on the 1300 block of 58th Street East in the Jerusalem Heights community near Dreamland Bar-B-Que. Gredrick Deontae Agnew, who began firing into the house after being asked to leave, was arrested and charged with capital murder. (report)
- May 14: Russell Thomas "Rusty" Andrews, 62, was found dead in a building used for Alcoholic Anonymous meetings on Jack Warner Parkway in Tuscaloosa. His car was stolen and later recovered near the Oklahoma-Arkansas border. Stacy Lee Drake was identified as a suspect in Andrews' death, as well as at least three other murders during carjackings in El Reno and Gans, Oklahoma. Drake was arrested in Morrilton, Arkansas in June. (report)
- June 20: Christopher Labryant Shobe, 34, was shot to death on the 800 block of 33rd Avenue in Tuscaloosa. No arrest. (report)
- June 29: Reggie Coverson, 51, was killed and another man wounded during a domestic argument at a home on the 2000 block of Stardust Drive in Tuscaloosa. A suspected shooter turned himself in claiming self defense. He has not been charged. (report)
- July 27: Howell Booth Holland III, 21, was shot to death during an argument in the parking lot of the Embassy Suites hotel at 2410 University Boulevard in Tuscaloosa. Jackson Luke Overton was arrested at the scene and charged with murder. (report)
- August 6: Antionette Hawkins, 62, was found shot to death at her home, along with her boyfriend, on the 3700 block of 25th Place in Tuscaloosa. Her son, Keaundra Lee Hawkins, was arrested at the scene and charged with capital murder. (report)
- August 6: Mcran James Montgomery, 63, was killed in the same incident.
Walker County
- March 26: Stanley Jay Webb, 58, was found dead at a home on the 500 block of Mays Road in Carbon Hill. Lonny Paul Tatum was arrested and charged with felony murder and burglary. (report)
- May 4: Paula Michelle Bailey, 40, was found shot to death in a car that crashed at a residence on West Wolfe Road in Parrish. Carlos Duran Harris was arrested and charged with murder. (report)
Winston County
- April 3: Ricky Baughn Keeler, 58, was found dead in his car, partially submerged in a pond off of Homestead Road northeast of Eldridge in Walker County. Investigators determined that he was the victim of a homicide which took place in Winston County. (report)
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