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Emergency crews respond after multiple possible overdoses at Birmingham church
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBMA) — Birmingham Fire and Rescue responded to a church in downtown for multiple possible overdoses Wednesday night. The fire department said the incident happened at the Church of the Reconciler and a total of at least five people were involved. Four of the people were taken...
Man in wheelchair shot, killed in Birmingham
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBRC) - A man was shot and killed in his wheelchair Tuesday afternoon. The shooting happened in the 100 block of 59th Street North just before 3 p.m. The man died at the scene. A preliminary investigation shows the victim and other people were on the sidewalk when...
19-year-old killed in Birmingham shooting identified
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WIAT) — A teenager killed in an overnight Birmingham shooting was identified Thursday morning. According to Birmingham Police Department, officers responded to the 2400 Block of Avenue West in Ensley Highlands at around 11:23 p.m. on ShotSpotter alerts. Initially, they did not observe unusual activity but were called back 30 minutes later on […]
Man fatally shot while driving on I-59/20 in Bessemer
BESSEMER, Ala. — Police are looking for the person who shot and killed a man on the interstate in Bessemer Wednesday morning. Investigators believe the driver was shot between 5 and 6 a.m. while driving in northbound lanes on Interstate 20/59 between I-459 and Alabama Adventure Parkway. >> KNOW...
1 killed, 2 others injured in Birmingham crash
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBRC) - A fatal crash in Birmingham Wednesday morning is under investigation. The two-vehicle wreck between an SUV and another vehicle happened on 24th Street South and 3rd Avenue South. When police got to the scene the SUV was overturned and the passenger in the back was deceased....
'Operation Knight Rider': Birmingham PD announces 19 new arrests, more vehicles impounded
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBMA) — More arrests were announced Wednesday in connection to the Birmingham Police Department's Operation Knight Rider. The police department said 19 people were arrested during the week of May 6-12. This marks the department's fourth round of arrests, a total of 34, since the operation was launched the weekend of April 12.
19 jailed, 7 cars impounded, drugs, guns seized as Birmingham’s exhibition driving crackdown continues
Nineteen more people have been arrested and seven more vehicles impounded in the latest round of a Birmingham police operation aimed at putting the brakes on exhibition driving and street racing. In the one month since Operation Knight Rider began – April 12 through May 12 – the initiative has...
Argument at Midfield store leads to shots fired nearby, 1 woman injured
An argument that started at a Midfield Family Dollar ended with shots fired at a nearby location and one woman injured. Midfield police officers were dispatched to the business in the 1000 block of Woodward Road on a shooting call, said Sgt. Michael Jeffries. They arrived to find several spent...
2 arrested following crash, pursuit
CULLMAN, Ala. – Two Jefferson County men were arrested in Cullman County Thursday, May 16, after allegedly fleeing a traffic stop, according to the Cullman Police Department. “Officer Chad Ashworth stopped the subjects on Cherokee Avenue. During the stop the driver intentionally backed into the officer’s car and fled,”...
Birmingham mayor urges witnesses to reach out after shooting kills senior with ALS
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WIAT) — A violent 72 hours involving Birmingham’s most vulnerable populations has Mayor Randall Woodfin speaking out. On Mother’s Day, two children were shot in two separate incidents. On Tuesday afternoon, a man sitting in his wheelchair was shot and killed in the Woodlawn neighborhood. Mayor Woodfin said 62-year-old Michael Coleman, who had […]
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