The Birmingham Police Department has announced an arrest in connection to the fatal shooting of Jerry Bailey. BPD reports that detectives obtained a warrant for the arrest of 28-year-old Jamela Melton of Birmingham.
Melton was taken into custody at the scene. After case information was presented to the Jefferson County District Attorney’s Office, detectives obtained a warrant for Capital Murder (suspect inside a vehicle) on Jamela Melton.
Melton will be held in the Jefferson County Jail with no bond. Bailey was fatally shot in the 3500 block of RAJ Boulevard North on June 1, 2024.
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