17-year-old among 2 arrested 3 months after deadly Birmingham shooting
Two suspects, including a teen, were taken into custody today in the January shooting death of a 20-year-old man in Birmingham’s Inglenook community.
The Birmingham Police Department’s Special Operations Bureau arrested both suspects in the 2000 block of Woodrow Avenue in Tarrant, said Sgt. LaQuitta Wade.
Landon Jones III, 26, of Tarrant, and a 17-year-old boy are charged with capital murder in the slaying of Nehemiah Wren.
Nehemiah Wren, 20, was shot to death Jan. 13, 2025, in Birmingham.(Contributed)
Wade said the warrants were issued on Saturday.
The suspects were booked into the Jefferson County Jail just after 8 a.m. Sunday.
Wren was found shot to death inside a vehicle in a field in Inglenook on Jan. 13.
Birmingham police investigate a Jan. 13, 2025, homicide in the city’s Inglenook community.(Carol Robinson)
East Precinct officers received a call about 8:40 p.m. that Monday of shots fired in the 4500 block of 41st Way North.
Officers arrived to find a vehicle in the field. When they approached the vehicle, they found Wren inside.
Police at the time said someone heard multiple shots fired and called 911.
A motive has not been disclosed.