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Twin brothers have been charged in the Memorial Day shooting death of a 17-year-old girl in Fairfield, a killing that is believed to be linked to the slaying of another teen girl over the weekend. The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office on Tuesday announced warrants for Ke’Andre Fuller and Ke’Autay Fuller....

JEFFERSON COUNTY, Ala. (WIAT) — Warrants were issued Tuesday for twin brothers facing multiple charges in the death of a 17-year-old girl on Monday, according to the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office. Ke’Andre and Ke’Autay Fuller are both charged with capital murder, discharging a firearm into an occupied vehicle and three counts of attempted murder. The capital murder […]

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBRC) - Javone Gray is being held in Jefferson County Jail on charges of felony murder of a Bessemer man. The Jefferson County Coroner’s Office identified the victim as 48-year-old Michael Kimbrough. Officer Truman Fitzgerald with Birmingham Police said Kimbrough was found lying in the road by West Precinct Officers.

FAIRFIELD, Ala. (WBRC) - An early morning shooting in Fairfield left one man dead and another hospitalized with life-threatening injuries, according to the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office. Deputies responded to the 300 block of 66th Street just after midnight Thursday morning on reports of multiple shots fired. When they...

One man is dead, and another critically injured after authorities said they shot each other overnight in Fairfield. The Jefferson County Coroner’s Office identified the slain man as Derrick Antonio Jones. He was 41 and lived in Birmingham. The shooting happened at 12:05 a.m. Wednesday in the 200 block...

It was another violent weekend throughout Jefferson County, with six people killed between Saturday and Monday. The Jefferson County Coroner’s Office on Tuesday identified the victims as Jani Barker, 15, Glen Junior Morrow, 37, Roberto Castillo-Gonzales, 51, Julio Acosta Garcia, 25, Tatyanna Sherese Hannah, 17 and Juanderius Woods, 43.

A 20-year-old has been indicted in a 2022 fatal shooting near a Birmingham park. A Jefferson County grand jury this month indicted Kelan Wayne Hutchins, of Vestavia Hills, on a charge of reckless manslaughter. The indictment was made public Tuesday. Hutchins is charged in the Sept. 11, 2022, death of...

FAIRFIELD, Ala. (WBRC) - On Tuesday, the Jefferson County District Attorney’s Office issued capital murder warrants against brothers for the death of 17-year-old Tatyanna Hannah. The warrants come after detectives with the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office presented evidence pointing Monday’s shooting to the two brothers, Ke’Andre Fuller and Ke’Autay...

FAIRFIELD, Ala. — According to the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office, arrest warrants have been issued for twin brothers in the fatal shooting of a 17-year-old Monday afternoon. Tatyanna Sherese Hannah was in a car at the intersection of Overlook Place and Hillside Drive just before 3 p.m. when she...

Two men killed in Birmingham crash

A second suspect is now behind bars on several felony charges in connection with the shooting Tin Roof in Birmingham’s Lakeview District. Anthony Jonell Moore, 29, was booked into the Jefferson County Jail Monday night. He is charged with two counts of attempted murder and being a felon in possession of a firearm.

On Saturday, May 27, a 15-year-old female from Fairfield, Alabama, was pronounced dead from a gunshot wound.

Authorities have released the name of a Hoover man who drowned in the Cahaba River Sunday. The Jefferson County Coroner’s Office Tuesday identified the victim as Jesus Garcia-Ruic. He was 26. Authorities said Garcia-Ruic drowned when he fell from a stationary log that was jammed perpendicular in the river....

Investigators have identified the two men who were killed Sunday when their vehicle hit a bridge pillar and caught fire. Jefferson County Coroner’s Office personnel said the men were Brayan Isacc Colindres-Turcios, 24, and Wilmer Jose Padilla, 22, both of Birmingham. The two were killed at approximately 3:30 a.m....

Jefferson County Judge Anne Lamkin Durward died on Saturday. She was 54. Durward was also the sitting President of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers Foundation (AAML). The AAML Foundation made the announcement on their Facebook. “With profound sadness, I must share the news that Anne Lamkin Durward, President of...

On May 30, 2023, detectives with the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office presented evidence in the May 29th shooting death of 17-year-old, Tatyanna Hannah, to the Jefferson County District Attorney’s Office in the Bessemer Cutoff. Warrants were issued for the charge of Capital Murder against two 20-year-old brothers. This charge carries no bond. Ke’Andre Fuller and his twin brother, Ke’Autay Fuller, are both suspects in this case. The two are also charged with discharging a firearm into an occupied vehicle and three counts each of attempted murder. A photo was not readily available of Ke’Autay Fuller, but he is thought to have black hair and brown eyes and be approximately 5’8″ tall and weigh around 140 lbs.

JEFFERSON COUNTY, Ala. (WBRC) - The Jefferson County Coroner/Medical Examiner’s Office has released its 2022 Annual Report. You can read the Annual Report in its entirety below. Get news alerts in the Apple App Store and Google Play Store or subscribe to our email newsletter here.

Jefferson County Circuit Judge Anne Lamkin Durward, “a brilliant ray of sunshine,” died Saturday. She was 54. Her death was first announced on the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers’ Facebook page. Durward was president of the board of directors. According to the Facebook post, she was home...

A Jefferson County judge who presided over cases in the domestic relations division died unexpectedly this weekend, according to the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers Foundation, where she served as president. Anne Lamkin Durward died May 27, and the cause of death is unknown, according to the organization. She was...