Woman accused of fatally shooting man as they committed Birmingham burglary indicted on felony murder

A 32-year-old woman has been indicted in the shooting death of a man in the parking lot of a west Birmingham apartment complex.

Jameria Henley is charged with felony murder in the July 13, 2023, killing of 33-year-old Nicholas Marquis Johnson.

According to police and court documents, Henley and Johnson were in the course of committing a burglary when Henley somehow shot Johnson.

A Jefferson County grand jury issued the indictment against Henley on May 17, according to court records made public Monday.

She also was indicted on several other unrelated crimes, including the stabbing of a woman with a bottle.

In Johnson’s death, it was shortly before 9:30 p.m. that Thursday when West Precinct officers were dispatched to the 5800 block of Monte Sano Road at the Vines at Hillside West.

Police said 911 first received calls of an argument. Next, Shot Spotter indicated shots fired, and finally someone called reporting a person shot.

When officers arrived, they found Johnson inside a vehicle suffering from a gunshot wound. He was taken by Birmingham Fire and Rescue Service to a hospital where he was pronounced dead at 9:48 p.m.

Shot Spotter registered at least 10 rounds fired.

Henley is also charged with second-degree assault in an unrelated case from May 2023 where she is accused of stabbing another woman with a bottle, and with three counts of shooting into an occupied vehicle from a 2022 incident.

Henley has remained in the Jefferson County Jail without bond since her arrest in the days after Johnson was killed.