Birmingham murder suspect surrenders at police headquarters, held without bond

Birmingham murder suspect surrenders at police headquarters, held without bond

A suspect man has been charged in last week’s fatal shooting of another man in Birmingham, as well as the wounding of a woman.

Birmingham police on Tuesday announced the arrest of 20-year-old Courtney Darnell Dennis.

Dennis is charged with murder in the June 20 killing of Jarvis Conley Jr. 24, of Bessemer. Dennis is also charged with attempted murder and discharging a firearm into an occupied vehicle.

West Precinct officers were dispatched just before 9 p.m. that Tuesday to the 900 block of 25th Street S.W. following a ShotSpotter alert indicating that gunfire went off in the area.

When police arrived on the scene, they found Conley lying unresponsive near a vehicle. Birmingham Fire and Rescue Service pronounced him dead on the scene at 8:59 p.m.

The woman, who has not been identified, was taken to the hospital.

A motive has not been disclosed.

Birmingham police Sgt. LaQuitta Wade said Dennis turned himself in at Birmingham Police Headquarters on Monday.

He was then booked into the Jefferson County Jail at 9:16 p.m. Monday and remains held without bond.