Birmingham woman, 21, killed in shooting at Pleasant Grove home; suspect jailed
A young woman was shot to death at a Pleasant Grove home.
The Jefferson County Coroner’s Office identified the victim as Montease Yvonne Booker. She was 21 and lived in Birmingham.
The shooting happened at 5:21 a.m. Monday in the 1300 block of Seventh Place.
Police Chief Daniel Reid said officers were dispatched to the home on a report of a person shot.
When they arrived, they found 31-year-old Devin Jamar Johnson standing in the front yard. A pistol was on the roof of a car nearby.
Officers entered the house and found Booker had been shot multiple times.
She was pronounced dead on the scene at 5:28 a.m.
Reid said statements from Johnson, as well as several other witnesses, led to officers takingJohnson into custody at the scene.
No motive is known at this time.
Johnson is currently being held in the Pleasant Grove city jail awaiting a formal charging of murder, Reid said.
Booker is Pleasant Grove’s first homicide this year.
In all of Jefferson County, there have been 32 homicides, including Booker’s slaying.