The Birmingham Police Department is investigating a triple shooting at an apartment complex at 1401 Carson Road. BPD officers responded to the Carson Crest Apartments around 11 a.m. on June 8, 2024. Officer Truman Fitzgerald said in a video statement that BPD officers entered the complex and learned that a shootout had taken place. Officers … Read more
The Birmingham Police Department is investigating another homicide on Friday evening. Officer Truman Fitzgerald reports that officers with the Birmingham Police Department responded to a call of shots fired in the 400 block of 9th Street West around 3:30 p.m. Officers received an update that a vehicle had been involved in an accident nearby. Once … Read more
The Birmingham Police Department is currently investigating a homicide at the Five Points West Food Mart at 2258 Bessemer Road. Officer Truman Fitzgerald reports that BPD officers responded to the scene around 3:25 p.m. for a Shot Spotter alert. Officers in the area also heard shots being fired. At the scene, officers found an adult … Read more
The Birmingham Police Department has arrested a 31-year-old Birmingham woman in connection to the fatal shooting of Joshua Hays. BPD reports that detectives obtained an arrest warrant for 31-year-old Kayla White. The victim, Hayes, was fatally shot in the 900 block of Navarro Lane on April 2, 2024. On June 6, 2024, officers with the … Read more
The Birmingham Police Department is investigating after two juveniles were shot at a west Birmingham gas station. Officer Truman Fitzgerald said in a video statement that officers received a Shot Spotter alert at the Gas Land at 1800 Bessemer Road around 9:40 p.m. Once officers reached the scene, officers found a 15-year-old female and a … Read more
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 … Read more
Early Thursday morning, Officer Truman Fitzgerald of the Birmingham Police Department reported that BPD was on the scene of a homicide in the 3200 block of 13th Avenue North. Around 10:10 p.m., North Precinct officers received a call of shots fired at the aforementioned location. Officers reached the scene and immediately began canvassing the area. … Read more
A shooting in Birmingham, Alabama injured a 12-year-old boy in March. Now, an 18-year-old from Center Point has been arrested in connection to the shooting. The Birmingham Police Department reports that detectives obtained an arrest warrant for 18-year-old Joshua Brown. The shooting occurred on March 22, 2024 at an apartment complex in the 1800 block … Read more
A 21-year-old man is behind bars in connection to a shooting at a Shell gas station that injured seven people. The Birmingham Police Department reports that detectives obtained warrants to arrest 21-year-old Armonta Davis. Davis is accused of being involved in an incident in which seven people were shot at the Shell at 800 3rd … Read more
The Birmingham Police Department is on the scene of a shooting. Around 6:10 p.m., East Precinct Officers responded to a juvenile shot call at East Lake Park in the 8100 block of 4th Avenue North. At the scene, responding BPD officers located a 10-year-old boy suffering from an apparent gunshot wound. Birmingham Fire & Rescue … Read more