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Birmingham is averaging 6.2 homicides per month, or one every 4.9 days. There were 8 incidents in January, 4 in February, 5 in March and 7 in April, 9 in May and 3 so far in June. The longest stretch without a homicide was the 12 days between February 13 and 25. 5 homicides were reported on Sundays, 2 on Mondays, 8 on Tuesdays, 5 on Wednesdays, 3 on Thursdays, 4 on Fridays and 7 on Saturdays.
Birmingham is averaging 6.2 homicides per month, or one every 4.9 days. There were 8 incidents in January, 4 in February, 5 in March and 7 in April, 9 in May and 3 so far in June. The longest stretch without a homicide was the 12 days between February 13 and 25. 5 homicides were reported on Sundays, 2 on Mondays, 8 on Tuesdays, 5 on Wednesdays, 3 on Thursdays, 4 on Fridays and 7 on Saturdays.


Of the 35 reported homicides, suspects have been identified in 24 cases, apprehended in 21, charged in 18 and convicted in none. 2 suspects killed themselves and charges were not filed in 1 other case.
Of the 35 reported homicides, suspects have been identified in 25 cases, apprehended in 22, charged in 19 and convicted in none. 2 suspects killed themselves and charges were not filed in 1 other case.


At least 29 of the 35 reported homicides were shootings, one was a vehicular collision, 2 were beating deaths, and one a case of child neglect. 3 resulted from the escalation of previous altercations, 1 was due to an accident which occurred while fleeing from a crime, 1 was an ambush of a man chasing men who had stolen from his sister, 2 victims were apparently caught in crossfire, 1 death was ruled justified as self-defense, 2 were murder-suicides, 1 was the result of an attempt to repossess a car, and the other cases had no reported motive. At least 19 deadly incidents occurred on the streets, 5 at private homes, one in an abandoned home, one in a park, 3 in parking lots, 1 at a methadone clinic and one in a driveway. 32 of the 35 victims were males.  
At least 29 of the 35 reported homicides were shootings, one was a vehicular collision, 2 were beating deaths, and one a case of child neglect. 3 resulted from the escalation of previous altercations, 1 was due to an accident which occurred while fleeing from a crime, 1 was an ambush of a man chasing men who had stolen from his sister, 2 victims were apparently caught in crossfire, 1 death was ruled justified as self-defense, 2 were murder-suicides, 1 was the result of an attempt to repossess a car, and the other cases had no reported motive. At least 19 deadly incidents occurred on the streets, 5 at private homes, one in an abandoned home, one in a park, 3 in parking lots, 1 at a methadone clinic and one in a driveway. 32 of the 35 victims were males.  
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# [[May 28]]: David Dewayne Martin, 44, was killed and two other people were wounded at a shooting at the [[Tri Country Treatment Center]] at 1101 [[East Park Drive]] in [[Roebuck]]. The suspect, Darol Wayne Odell, was pursued from the scene and shot himself at the wheel of his car near [[Pine Hill Road]] and [[Tarrant Road]] north of [[Tarrant]]. The shooting is believed to have begun as a domestic dispute between Odell and a woman at the clinic who was not injured in the incident. [http://blog.al.com/spotnews/2009/05/a_man_who_shot_three.html]
# [[May 28]]: David Dewayne Martin, 44, was killed and two other people were wounded at a shooting at the [[Tri Country Treatment Center]] at 1101 [[East Park Drive]] in [[Roebuck]]. The suspect, Darol Wayne Odell, was pursued from the scene and shot himself at the wheel of his car near [[Pine Hill Road]] and [[Tarrant Road]] north of [[Tarrant]]. The shooting is believed to have begun as a domestic dispute between Odell and a woman at the clinic who was not injured in the incident. [http://blog.al.com/spotnews/2009/05/a_man_who_shot_three.html]
# [[June 10]]: Derichard Mines, 22, died after being injured in a shootout at an apartment complex on the 2500 block of [[21st Street Ensley]] ({{Locate_address_inline | address = 2500+21st+St+Ensley}}). The fight apparently initiated from a domestic dispute. [http://blog.al.com/spotnews/2009/06/a_22yearold_birmingham_man_die.html]  
# [[June 10]]: Derichard Mines, 22, died after being injured in a shootout at an apartment complex on the 2500 block of [[21st Street Ensley]] ({{Locate_address_inline | address = 2500+21st+St+Ensley}}). The fight apparently initiated from a domestic dispute. [http://blog.al.com/spotnews/2009/06/a_22yearold_birmingham_man_die.html]  
# [[June 19]]: Marco Tyler, 28, was shot in his home at 312 [[Memphis Street]] in [[Wylam]] ({{Locate_address_inline | address = 312+Memphis+St}}). No arrest. [http://blog.al.com/spotnews/2009/06/birmingham_police_investigatin_5.html]
# [[June 19]]: Marco Tyler, 28, was shot in his home at 312 [[Memphis Street]] in [[Wylam]] ({{Locate_address_inline | address = 312+Memphis+St}}). Michael Tolbert was arrested on June 23 and charged with capital murder. [http://blog.al.com/spotnews/2009/06/birmingham_man_charged_in_wyla.html]
# [[June 20]]: Kirwin King, 22, an engineering student at the [[University of Alabama]], was shot on the 2500 block of [[Tempest Drive]] in [[Powderly]] after following a car there ({{Locate_address_inline | address = 2500+Tempest+Dr}}). He was attempting to retrieve items stolen from his sister when he was ambushed. Someone drove him to [[Princeton Baptist Medical Center]] where he was pronounced dead on arrival. No arrest. [http://blog.al.com/spotnews/2009/06/university_of_alabama_engineer.html]
# [[June 20]]: Kirwin King, 22, an engineering student at the [[University of Alabama]], was shot on the 2500 block of [[Tempest Drive]] in [[Powderly]] after following a car there ({{Locate_address_inline | address = 2500+Tempest+Dr}}). He was attempting to retrieve items stolen from his sister when he was ambushed. Someone drove him to [[Princeton Baptist Medical Center]] where he was pronounced dead on arrival. No arrest. [http://blog.al.com/spotnews/2009/06/university_of_alabama_engineer.html]


Revision as of 08:44, 24 June 2009

This is a List of Birmingham homicides in 2009. It includes homicide cases occuring 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.

As of June 20, 35 homicides have been reported in the city, putting Birmingham on pace for 75 in 2009. Based on the 2007 census estimate of 229,800 population, that represents 32.6 homicides per 100,000 population for the year. Birmingham had 88 homicides in 2008 (of which 82 were reported to the FBI as murders), 93 in 2007 (86 reported as murder), and a record of 141 in 1992. At this time in 2008 there had been 35 homicides.

Birmingham is averaging 6.2 homicides per month, or one every 4.9 days. There were 8 incidents in January, 4 in February, 5 in March and 7 in April, 9 in May and 3 so far in June. The longest stretch without a homicide was the 12 days between February 13 and 25. 5 homicides were reported on Sundays, 2 on Mondays, 8 on Tuesdays, 5 on Wednesdays, 3 on Thursdays, 4 on Fridays and 7 on Saturdays.

Of the 35 reported homicides, suspects have been identified in 25 cases, apprehended in 22, charged in 19 and convicted in none. 2 suspects killed themselves and charges were not filed in 1 other case.

At least 29 of the 35 reported homicides were shootings, one was a vehicular collision, 2 were beating deaths, and one a case of child neglect. 3 resulted from the escalation of previous altercations, 1 was due to an accident which occurred while fleeing from a crime, 1 was an ambush of a man chasing men who had stolen from his sister, 2 victims were apparently caught in crossfire, 1 death was ruled justified as self-defense, 2 were murder-suicides, 1 was the result of an attempt to repossess a car, and the other cases had no reported motive. At least 19 deadly incidents occurred on the streets, 5 at private homes, one in an abandoned home, one in a park, 3 in parking lots, 1 at a methadone clinic and one in a driveway. 32 of the 35 victims were males.

Listing by date

  1. January 5: Cornelius Mosley, 34, found shot at 1st Avenue South and Goldwire Street (map). His brother was also injured in the mid-day shooting, which erupted when the Mosley's pulled up to a stop sign and were assaulted from a nearby porch. Ronald Martin, recently released from the hospital after being stabbed, was arrested and charged with murder and attempted murder. [1]
  2. January 8: Jason McClendon, 28, was shot after attempting to repossess a Cadillac on the 2000 block of 19th Court North with a partner (map). Reginald Jackson and his brother Jeremiah Jemmerson, confronted the two and threatened them with a rifle, prompting them to leave without the car. As they left, Jackson fired a shot which struck McClendon in the back of the head. Jackson turned himself in to police and confessed, saying that he intended to fire in the air over the truck. He was charged with capital murder. [2]
  3. January 11: Charles Bevelle, Jr, 33, a coal miner from Hueytown, called Birmingham police and reported that he was the victim of a hit-and-run accident on I-20/59 North near Avenue I Ensley at about 3:00 AM (map). When police arrived, they found him shot to death. Charlie Joe "Coyote" Wilson, who had been involved in a fight with Bevelle the previous night at Hell Lovers Motorcycle Club in Fairfield, is believed to be the man witnesses saw shoot Bevelle in the head. He turned himself in to authorities on January 16 and was charged with intentional murder. [3]
  4. January 13: Keith Shoemaker, 51, was struck by a car containing three burglary suspects being chased by Birmingham police on Parkway East at Shopping Center Drive (map). After the wreck, the suspects fled on foot and were captured. Cordarrious Davidson, Brandon Pauldin and Kenneth Baker have each been charged with murder as well as burglary. [4] (Note 1)
  5. January 13: The burned remains of Leroy Langlais, 41, of Missouri, Texas were found in a charred car that had been impounded from East Birmingham on December 23, 2008. He had been shot and placed in the trunk, then moved to the back seat before the car was set ablaze. Langlais, who flew into Birmingham and rented a car, was reported missing by his wife. (Note 2) [5]
  6. January 22: Sandy Doss, Jr, 29, was killed and another person injured in a shooting at 3556 43rd Avenue North (map). Investigators believe the incident to have been a drug-related robbery. Dion Williams was arrested and charged with capital murder and attempted murder. Another suspect was charged, but those charges were dismissed after further investigation. [6]
  7. January 26: Jasper Dozier, 50, was shot to death in front of his house at 624 2nd Street Southwest (map). Randy Taylor turned himself in to police and was charged with murder. [7]
  8. January 31: Carlos Garcia, 38, was found dead from gunshot wounds in a vehicle in the parking lot at 800 Gadsden Highway (map). Another man was found wounded in the vehicle. No arrest.
  9. February 7: Geraldo Gonzalez, 31, found shot to death at 5018 18th Court North (map). Julio Cesar Romero, with whom the victim had an ongoing dispute, was identified as a suspect and charged. He initially fled to Georgia, but later turned himself in to Birmingham police. [8]
  10. February 7: LeRico Beasley, 21, found shot to death on the 4100 block of Messer Airport Highway alley (map). No arrest. [9]
  11. February 13: Demarshell Taper, 34, was shot to death in Arthur Shores Park in Druid Hills (map). Witnesses say she was killed by a man who walked with her into the park, talked with her, then shot her four times and fled. Carey Lamar Lee has been arrested and charged with murder. [10]
  12. February 25: LaKiyah Stenson, age 1, died from "sequella of neglect" according to the determination of the coroner. Her mother, Tangela Harris, 25, was arrested and released without charge in March. Prosecutors will determine if they will file charges after the coroner's final ruling in May. [11]
  13. March 8: Edward Maurice Howard, 25, was found with severe head trauma after a fight on the 5000 block of 9th Avenue North (map). He died later at UAB Hospital. LaQuinton Wright and Daryl Bailey were arrested and charged with capital murder. Otis Lipford was arrested two months later. A fourth suspect, Ricky Parker, 51, has been charged but remains at large. [12]
  14. March 15: Brennan Jackson, 39, was shot to death in the doorway of his home on the 1400 block of Avenue I Ensley (map). Melvin Houston has been arrested and charged with murder. [13]
  15. March 18: George Cook, Jr, 34, was shot to death while sitting in his car on the 500 block of 17th Street Southwest (map). A silver Chevorlet was identified by a witness as the shooters' vehicle. No arrest. [14]
  16. March 21: Melvin Howard, 49, found shot to death in the alley behind the 700 block of Albany Street in Wylam (map). No arrest. [15]
  17. March 22: Stanley Eatmon, 20, found shot to death on the 5300 block of Gordon Avenue Southwest (map). Brothers Vincent and Justin Johnson, who accompanied Eatmon in the armed invasion of a building, were charged in connection with his death. [16]
  18. April 2: Shalanda Ford, 36. was found dead in an abandoned home on the 1300 block of Court R in Ensley (map). No arrest. [17]
  19. April 7: Aaron C. Freeman, 26, was killed in a shootout on the 1600 block of 21st Place North in Druid Hills (map). A suspect was injured in the shootout and was taken to UAB Hospital. Freeman had served 5 years for the 2001 murder of Heman Daniels III. [18]
  20. April 10: Leroy Yarbrough, 20, was shot and killed on the 300 block of 4th Terrace North in Smithfield (map). No arrest. [19]
  21. April 15: John Orrin Morrison, 65, was found shot to death on a sidewalk on the 500 block of 82nd Street South in East Lake (map). Ralphael Hubbard and an unnamed juvenile suspect were arrested and charged with capital murder. [20]
  22. April 23: Unnamed male found in a ditch along I-20/59 North near Arkadelphia Road (map). Investigators suspect the body may have been there for weeks. Jose Reyes, 30, was arrested and charged with capital murder. [21]
  23. April 28: Romell Kiwan Wright, 17, was shot multiple times in the 200 block of Munger Avenue in Southwest Birmingham (map). The death was ruled justified as Wright was attempting to commit an armed robbery when he was shot by his intended victim. No charges were filed. [22] (Note 3)
  24. May 3: Lonnie M. Vaughn, 44, found dead from multiple gunshot wounds in a wooded area near Westchester Drive and 1st Street Northwest (map). Martez Seay and Kandi Hawkins have been charged with murder. Seay was arrested quickly while Hawkins was taken into custody after she was found shot in the 2700 block of 40th Avenue North on June 15. [23]
  25. May 5: Barbara Hill, 46, found dead from gunshot wounds after a reported domestic assault on the 400 block of West Smithfield Terrace (map). Her husband, Larry Hill, was also found dead from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound. [24]
  26. May 6: Cory Deonta Cox, 21, was killed trying to mediate in a gunfight between two brothers in a courtyard on the 2300 block of 9th Avenue South in the South Town housing community where they were neighbors (map). One brother was wounded and taken to UAB Hospital. The other fled. [25]
  27. May 12: Darryl Palmore, 17, was found shot to death in the 4700 block of 6th Avenue in Wylam (map). Bieniemy Luther was arrested and charged with murder. [26]
  28. May 13: Linda "Toochie" Chapman, 37, was found dead in a vacant house on the 400 block of Theta Avenue in North Titusville (map). She had no known address, but often visited her six children being raised by her mother. She had not been seen by family members since February. No arrest. [27]
  29. May 16: Jeremy Conner, 28, killed in a shootout on 8th Avenue North that left another man injured. Marius Copes was arrested and charged with capital murder and attempted murder. He claimed that the victims were attempting to rob him. [28]
  30. May 22: Frank Wright, 57, of Schererville, Indiana was found shot to death in a stall of a car wash on the 5000 block of Messer Airport Highway (map). His car was later found partially burned on the 4100 block of 5th Avenue South. Anthony Lane was arrested and charged with capital murder. [29]
  31. May 24: Earnest Lee Hamilton, 22, was shot while sitting on the porch at 7530 65th Courtway South in the Marks Village housing community (map). Terrance Covington has been arrested and charged with murder. A second suspect is also sought. [30]
  32. May 28: David Dewayne Martin, 44, was killed and two other people were wounded at a shooting at the Tri Country Treatment Center at 1101 East Park Drive in Roebuck. The suspect, Darol Wayne Odell, was pursued from the scene and shot himself at the wheel of his car near Pine Hill Road and Tarrant Road north of Tarrant. The shooting is believed to have begun as a domestic dispute between Odell and a woman at the clinic who was not injured in the incident. [31]
  33. June 10: Derichard Mines, 22, died after being injured in a shootout at an apartment complex on the 2500 block of 21st Street Ensley (map). The fight apparently initiated from a domestic dispute. [32]
  34. June 19: Marco Tyler, 28, was shot in his home at 312 Memphis Street in Wylam (map). Michael Tolbert was arrested on June 23 and charged with capital murder. [33]
  35. June 20: Kirwin King, 22, an engineering student at the University of Alabama, was shot on the 2500 block of Tempest Drive in Powderly after following a car there (map). He was attempting to retrieve items stolen from his sister when he was ambushed. Someone drove him to Princeton Baptist Medical Center where he was pronounced dead on arrival. No arrest. [34]

Notes

  1. The death of Keith Shoemaker was ruled accidental by the coroner, but occured during the commission of a crime and resulted in murder charges. The Birmingham Police Department is not counting Shoemaker's death in its count, but the Birmingham News is.
  2. The death of Leroy Langlais occurred in December 2008, but was ruled a homicide by the coroner's office in 2009. Neither the Birmingham Police Department nor the Birmingham News are including Langlais' death in their 2009 counts.
  3. The Birmingham Police Department does not count homicides toward their total if they have been ruled justifiable by police or prosecutors.

Responses

The annual Martin Luther King, Jr Day gun buy-back sponsored by the Southern Christian Leadership Conference brought in 15 firearms at $50 per gun.

Police chief A. C. Roper led a series of prayer walks in the Graymont, East Birmingham and West End areas. During the walks Roper greeted residents and asked their help praying for God's help in ending crime.

An anti-youth violence event sponsored by the Parents Against Violence Foundation and the Birmingham Park and Recreation Board was held at the Central Park Recreation Center on May 30.

References

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See also

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