39-year-old man killed in Brighton domestic shooting identified

Jameshia Cheana Chavers is charged with capital murder in the shooting death of a man in Brighton on July 12, 2025.(Jefferson County Jail)

A man killed in a domestic shooting in western Jefferson County has now been identified.

The Jefferson County Coroner’s Office on Monday identified the victim as Adolphus Reuben Milligan. He was 39 and lived in Bessemer.

Jefferson County sheriff’s deputies responded at 9:43 p.m. Saturday to a report of a person down in the 4000 block of Letson Street.

Deputies arrived and found a Milligan had sustained a gunshot wound. He was pronounced dead on the scene at 10:18 p.m.

Jameshia Cheana Chavers, 33, is charged with capital murder. The Midfield woman was booked into the county jail at 1:32 p.m. Sunday and remains held without bond.

The charge is capital because Milligan was killed in the presence of two children – ages 10 and 2.

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