The Birmingham Police Department is investigating a homicide in the 1200 block of Princeton Avenue Southwest. At 5:42 PM, West Precinct officers were responding to a report of someone who had been shot. Upon arrival, responding officers entered a residence at the aforementioned location and found an adult male unresponsive suffering from an apparent gunshot … Read more
Birmingham police were dispatched to the 1100 block of 12th Street South, The Original Pita Shop, on December 16, 2023, after noon to investigate a report of a gunshot victim. South Precinct officers arrived at the scene to find an unresponsive adult male inside the Pita Shop suffering from a gunshot wound. Birmingham Fire and … Read more
The Birmingham Police Department has announced it is conducting a double-homicide investigation after three people were shot in the Norwood community. At around 8:35 PM, 911 dispatchers began receiving multiple calls of shots fired in and around the 3000 block of 12th Avenue North. North Precinct officers were informed that a female had been shot … Read more
The Birmingham Police Department reported in a social media post that detectives had obtained an arrest warrant for a suspect in the slaying of Kevin Davis. On October 26, 2023, Davis was fatally shot in the 300 block of Lexington Street. Authorities say the suspect has been identified as 22-year-old Braxton Lewis of Birmingham, Alabama. … Read more
Two males, 31- and 56-year-old, were apprehended and charged in the death of Anthony Blount Jr. Raymond Simpson of Birmingham and Ricky Bell of Marion have been remanded to the Jefferson County Jail on a capital murder charge. Birmingham Police Department responded to the 1000 block of 2nd Court West to investigate a Shot Spotter … Read more
According to a Birmingham Police Department social media post, officers responded to the 1000 block of 2nd Court West around 10:50 PM for a Shot Spotter alert. Upon arrival, officers witnessed that an occupied vehicle had collided with an unoccupied, parked vehicle. Upon further examination, officers found that the driver of one of the vehicles … Read more
On November 14, 2023, an officer with the Birmingham Police Department responded to the scene of a car break-in call and gunfire erupted. Around 8:50 PM, the Birmingham 911 Communications Division received a call about a car break-in in progress at a home in the 2500 block of 29th Street Ensley. A West Precinct officer … Read more