CRIME & SAFETY
2 dead, more than a dozen injured in 3 Alabama mass shootings Sunday
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — TheGun Violence Archive lists any shooting with four or more victims as a mass shooting. So far, according to the Gun Violence Archive, there have been more than 145 mass shootings in 2024. Three of those mass shootings took place in Alabama on Sunday. Tuscaloosa. One...
Search underway for 4 teens who ran away from inpatient Birmingham facility, police say
A search is underway for four teen boys who ran away from a Birmingham facility. East Precinct officers responded shortly after 8 p.m. Sunday to a report of the juvenile runaways from an inpatient facility on the city’s eastside. The name of the facility has not been disclosed. Police...
‘I was afraid I’d die’: Birmingham woman’s capital murder charge dismissed as slain husband’s family speaks up for her
A capital murder charge has been dismissed against a Birmingham woman in the 2021 fatal shooting of her husband after his family spoke in her defense. Jasmine Mari Drake, 32, was charged in the April 1, 2021 slaying of 44-year-old Louis Bryant. The charge was capital because Bryant was killed...
Birmingham sues Third Avenue West businesses for being a ‘launching pad for criminal activity’
The City of Birmingham is suing the owners and operators of the Shell station on Third Avenue West and an adjacent business after a weekend shooting in the parking lot left one man dead and six others injured. More than 150 bullets were unleashed in the predawn incident on Sunday.
Arrests mount in Birmingham’s continued crackdown on exhibition driving, street racing
The number of people arrested in a Birmingham police operation targeting exhibition driving and street racing continues to rise. Four men were arrested over the weekend as part of Operation Knight Rider. In addition to the arrests, police impounded three vehicles – two of them stolen- and seized two handguns.
2 teens indicted in separate Birmingham homicides
Two teens have been indicted on capital murder charges in separate Birmingham homicides. A Jefferson County grand jury on April 5 issued the indictments against A’Marion De’avion Yancey, 19, and Antonio Deuntra Pendelton Jr., also 19. The indictments were made public Monday. Yancey is charged in the Dec....
24-year-old shot to death in Birmingham
A 24-year-old man was shot to death in Birmingham early Sunday morning. According to the Jefferson County Coroner, David Isaiah Westbrook was shot in the 800 block of 3rd Avenue West just after 2 a.m. on May 5, 2024. The Birmingham Police Department is investigating.
Report: Fentanyl-related traffic fatalities on the rise in Alabama
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBRC) - A new report shows that the country’s Fentanyl crisis is spilling over onto the roads. The road safety study found that the number of Fentanyl-related traffic fatalities has nearly doubled in Alabama since 2018. There were 13 in 2018 and 23 in 2021 which is...
Center Point man charged in Birmingham murder
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.–A Center Point man was arrested on Thursday in connection to the murder of Terry Dewayne Hinson, who was shot and killed on April 28 in the Ensley area, according to BPD Officer Truman Fitzgerald. On April 28 at approximately 3:22 pm, West Precinct officers responded to a...
Firefighters respond to house fire in Birmingham
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBMA) — One person was evaluated by first responders after a residential fire in Birmingham Tuesday night. Birmingham Fire and Rescue said the incident happened just before 9:00 p.m. at 117 1st Avenue North. The fire department said crews quickly got the fire under control.
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