Deadly shooting during altercation in east Birmingham justified, DA rules
No charges will be filed in the weekend shooting death of a 34-year-old man in east Birmingham.
Demetrius Cortez Trannon was killed Sunday night.
Police on Thursday said detectives presented the evidence in the case to the Jefferson County District Attorney’s Office which ruled the deadly shooting justifiable.
Trannon’s killing is the third out of the city’s 37 homicides in 2025 to be ruled justified.
East Precinct officers were dispatched at 11:25 p.m. Sunday to a report of a physical altercation at a house in the 8000 block of Fifth Avenue South.
While police were en route, they received an update that someone had been shot.
They arrived to find Trannon unresponsive on the front porch the house.
Birmingham Fire and Rescue Service pronounced him dead at 11:42 p.m.
Officer De’Rell Freeman said the suspect remained on the scene until police arrived. He was taken to police headquarters for questioning.