A Birmingham 24-year-old is charged with capital murder in a deadly shooting that happened one day after he was released from the Jefferson County Jail.

Malik Quintawn Austin is charged with capital murder in the Feb. 15 killing of 21-year-old Tre’Von Nyheim Douglas.

The Birmingham Police Department’s Crime Reduction Team arrested Austin Monday in the 7700 block of Crestwood Boulevard on an unrelated outstanding probation violation warrant.

He was taken to police headquarters where he was interviewed by homicide detectives and then booked into the city jail on a 48-hour hold, police announced Wednesday.

Earlier today, the Jefferson County District Attorney’s Office issued the capital murder warrant.

Douglas, who was expecting his first child, was killed just before 4:30 p.m. that Saturday in the 1400 block of 33rd Street.

Neighbors reported hearing a loud “bang” and found Douglas on the ground in the backyard of the house. They then called 911, said Sgt. LaQuitta Wade.

Birmingham Fire and Rescue Service pronounced Douglas dead on the scene at 4:46 p.m.

Douglas had left home that day with Austin and another man.

His girlfriend became concerned when she couldn’t reach Douglas and then she, Douglas’s mother and brother all began trying to reach him, to no avail.

Douglas’s girlfriend reached out to Austin, but he told her only that he had dropped him off somewhere and was going back to pick him up.

Douglas grew up in South Carolina. The family moved to Birmingham in 2018, and he lived in Bessemer and worked detailing cars.

“He was out on his own and doing something for himself,’’ his mother, Sheree Hayes, previously told AL.com. “He was my baby. He wasn’t a trouble child. He didn’t hang out in the streets.”

The day prior to Douglas’s killing, Austin had been released from the Jefferson County Jail after Judge Stephen Wallace had continued his probation on a previous robbery conviction.

Austin on Sept. 29, 2024, pleaded guilty to first-degree robbery. He was sentenced to 20 years with one year to serve but was granted time served and was freed.

He was placed on supervised probation which Wallace later amended to unsupervised probation.

On Nov. 4, 2024, Birmingham police arrested Austin for being a convicted felon in possession of two pistols.

Court records show Austin was arrested again on Jan. 29, 2025, for being in possession of a stolen pistol.

On Feb. 13, records show, the judge issued an order continuing Austin’s probation. A probation review was set for March 10 before Wallace.

Austin was released from jail, at 11:37 a.m. Feb. 14. Douglas was killed just over 24 hours later.

A previous listed address for Austin was the same house where Douglas was killed.

Jefferson County prosecutors on Feb. 20 filed a motion to revoke Austin’s probation since a basic requirement of probation is that the defendant refrain from committing new crimes.

Wallace set a probation revocation hearing for March 10.

Austin will be held without bond in the Jefferson County Jail.