Birmingham’s homicide tally in 2023 dropped for the first time in five years after years of steady increases brought the deadly toll to a historic high.

The city ended 2023 with 135 homicides, a 6.25% decrease from 2022 when the city had 144 homicides, marking the deadliest year in recent Birmingham history.

The 2022 homicide total surpassed the highest number recorded in recent memory — 141 in 1991. Birmingham’s all-time record for homicides was in 1933 with 148 slayings.

“We increased every year over the past four years up through last year so to finally be showing a decrease is a good thing,” said Birmingham Police Chief Scott Thurmond.

Birmingham ended 2021 with 132 homicides; 2020 with 122 homicides; 2019 with 106 homicides; and 2018 with 107 homicides.

“It’s not the decrease I would want, but it’s a move in the right direction,” Thurmond said of 2023′s homicide total.

In those same years, Birmingham’s population dropped. Alabama’s largest city until the 2020 Census, Birmingham, with a population of 197,575, is now the state’s fourth-largest city.

Violence in Birmingham, Jefferson County: By the numbers

In 2023, Birmingham saw the number of shootings in which no one was killed plummet. Calls of shots fired dropped 9.4 percent in 2023.

The number of shooting victims who survived was 200 as of Dec. 28, down from 326 on the same date in 2022.

Of the 135 homicides in Birmingham in 2023, nine were ruled justifiable and are not deemed criminal.

Police do not have to submit non-criminal homicides to the FBI, so Birmingham police lists their 2023 homicide numbers as 126. AL.com counts non-criminal homicides in its tally.

In all of Jefferson County in 2023, there were 195 homicides. That’s just one more than the number of homicides countywide in 2022.

The Jefferson County Coroner’s Office recorded 197 homicides in 2023.

That includes a 2016 shooting victim who died in 2023, which Birmingham police and AL.com are not including, and the death of a state prison inmate at the hands of another inmate, which AL.com also is not using in its countywide tally.

The other 60 homicides happened in Bessemer, Fairfield, Fultondale, Gardendale, Homewood, Hueytown, Irondale, Leeds, Midfield, Pleasant Grove, Warrior, Lipscomb, Brookside and the unincorporated county.

‘A sizable decline’ in violent crime

Birmingham is mirroring a national trend as the nationwide homicide rate was expected to drop nearly 13% compared to 2022, meaning more than 2,000 fewer people were victims of homicide in 2023 than 2022, national crime analyst Jeff Asher told ABC News.

Asher calls the decline “historic,” although the public perceives murder to be on the rise.

“Americans tend to think that crime is rising, but the evidence we have right now points to sizable declines,” Asher wrote in Substack.

Double-digit drops were reported in major cities such as New York (11.42% as of Dec. 24), Los Angeles (15.45% as of Dec. 23) and Chicago (12.7% as of Dec. 27), Forbes reported.

Thurmond, in part, attributes the Birmingham decrease to increased efforts by local, state and federal law enforcement agencies to work together.

“We’re combining all of our resources and looking at the people who are causing the problems and trying to go after those people – our trigger pullers,” he said.

For the 126 criminal homicides, July was the deadliest month with 15.

Homicides in the other 11 months were: January, 10; February, 2; March, 11; April, 11; May, 11, June, 10; August, 10; September, 10; October, 12; November 12, and December, 12.

The majority of the killings – 54 – took place between 3 p.m. and 11 p.m. There were 36 homicides between 7 a.m. and 3 p.m., and 36 between 11 p.m. and 7 a.m.

Of the victims, 96 were Black males, 19 were Black females, four were white males, one was a white female, four were Hispanic, and two were listed as “other.”

Of the known suspects, 76 were Black and four were white.

Handguns were used in 79, while rifles were used in 43, and a shotgun was used in one. Blunt force trauma led to two deaths.

The West Precinct, the city’s largest geographical area, had 51 homicides. There were 30 in the North Precinct, 21 in the East Precinct and 15 in the South Precinct.

Majority of Birmingham’s 2023 homicides still unsolved

Thurmond said the majority of motives are unknown, but eight were revenge killings, nine resulted from fights, six resulted from robberies, five were domestic-related and two involved drugs.

Twenty-three of the murders happened inside a residence, while 19 happened outside of a home.

There were 52 people killed in the street, 17 in parking lots, six at commercial properties, three at city parks and two at convenience stores.

Suspects have been charged in only 38.1% of the 126 criminal homicides and 78 remain unsolved.

Detectives are working hard to make arrests, Thurmond said.

“We have a very good idea who is responsible but it’s about being able to prove it,” Thurmond said. “We know Person A shot Person B but we don’t have someone willing to come to court to testify.”

The average age of homicide victims in 2022 was 30. That increased to 33 in 2023.

“That’s people who should know better,’’ the chief said. “You should have enough sense not to engage in these types of activities that could lead to someone losing their life.”

Thurmond said police leaders meet each day to look at crime trends for the previous 24 hours and talk about ways to reduce homicides.

“Was there a way law enforcement could have intervened prior to the crime taking place?” he said. “Almost every time, we can never find a way of where we could have intervened.”

“The biggest thing is you’ve got people who know each other,” Thurmond added.

“We don’t have strangers killing strangers, so how do you stop two people or a group of people with an ongoing feud from shooting at each other or killing each other?” he said.

The role of Alabama gun law

Thurmond said another challenge has been the permitless carry law.

In 2023, Alabama became the latest state to allow people to carry a concealed handgun without a state permit requiring a background check.

“You come in contact with someone with a gun and there’s really not a whole lot you can do about it unless you can prove they’re a convicted felon or prohibited possessor,” Thurmond said.

“They’re carrying one because they know everyone else is carrying one and they feel like they have to carry one to protect themselves,” the chief added.

“It’s just gotten out of hand. People don’t stop and think before they pull that gun out and pull the trigger,” Thurmond said.

“It’s causing these great number of homicides in Birmingham year after year because people don’t know how to deal with issues any other way other than to pull out a gun and start shooting.”

Here are Birmingham’s 135 homicide victims of 2023:

Jamarquis Darionte Weaver, 27, became the first homicide victim of 2023 in the 100 block of 59th Street Woodlawn in a shooting that left another man injured.

Officers found both men inside a vehicle that had come to a rest in the parking lot of a small apartment complex.

No arrests have been made.

Cortez Ware, a 37-year-old beloved butcher, was fatally shot Jan. 4 outside the Elyton Meat Market on Center Street North and Third Avenue North.

Police marked at least 10 shell casings on the sidewalk.

Christopher Kendricks, who had recently started working at the business, pleaded guilty to murder. His sentencing is set for February.

Jayvonne David Banks, 28, was killed Jan. 11, at Adona apartments on Aspen Run.

Police were at the complex on an unrelated call when they heard gunshots. They encountered two men – one of them down on the ground, the other armed.

Banks had collapsed on the sidewalk after being shot.

The officers took the man with the gun into custody for questioning.

The investigation showed both of the men were connected to a woman living in the complex. The woman’s brother reportedly used a rifle to shoot Banks, who was his sister’s boyfriend.

The shooting was ruled justifiable.

Jasmine Price, a 33-year-old mother of a 4-year-old girl, was killed Jan. 13 in a deadly crossfire in the 800 block of First Street West in the College Hills neighborhood.

At least 40 rounds were fired.

Moments later, her white SUV crashed into a small apartment building and burst into flames.

A suspect has been charged with reckless murder. Authorities said the suspect fired shots at someone else, prompting the initial target to return fire in self-defense which “did thereby cause the death of Jasmine Clevette Price.”

The person who fired the fatal shot is not charged.

Ryan Donell Marable, 17, was found dead Jan. 14 behind an Inglenook home.

Residents called 911 after hearing gunshots and reported a person down in the 5000 block of 43rd Street North.

Investigators marked multiple shell casings in the alley.

No arrests have been made.

Thomas Lee Bailey, 31, was killed Jan. 15 in a shooting that also left a woman injured.

Shot Spotter alerts indicated shots fired in the 100 block of Fourth Avenue North. A police officer working off duty at a nearby club went to investigate.

The officer found an adult female in the roadway suffering from an apparent gunshot wound. He also spotted a vehicle that had been struck by gunfire.

Inside the vehicle, the officer found Bailey dead.

No arrests have been made.

Roman Gonzalez, a 48-year-old construction worker, was shot to death Jan. 25 during a robbery at a house undergoing renovation in the 1400 block of 27th Street in Ensley.

The construction crew was robbed by a group of males. Gonzalez was killed during the robbery.

Investigators believe the suspects are part of a group that has targeted Hispanic construction workers and other Hispanic victims since October 2022.

No arrests have been made.

Robert Dewayne White, 43, was fatally shot Jan. 28 in the 3400 block of 31st Avenue North.

Authorities said White was hanging out with friends when the unidentified suspect began firing shots at the group.

Police said it didn’t appear that White was specifically targeted.

No arrests have been made.

Jaylen Clark, a 17-year-old Parker High School senior, was shot to death Jan. 29 during a dispute that left two others wounded. Authorities said Clark was unarmed.

Police found a man believed to be in his mid-40s suffering from a non-life-threatening gunshot wound on Nekoma Drive. They received word of another person shot in the 1600 block of Lake Drive N.E.

Police and deputies found Jaylen and Andre Carr Jr., 18, wounded.

Carr is charged with murder and attempted murder.

Robert Chandler, 57, was fatally shot Jan. 31 at his home in the 4200 block of Fairmont Way.

A community member who checked on Chandler found him unresponsive.

Two men arrested in Huntsville have been charged with capital murder during a robbery.

Corieonna Hines, 24, was killed Jan. 31 in a shooting that also injured her 7-year-old daughter and a 13-year-old girl at an apartment in the 100 block of Ninth Avenue West.

Hines was a mother of two and in her first trimester of pregnancy. Family said Hines’ daughter was shot nine times.

Andrew Haweis Goldsmith IV, 34, was charged with capital murder in the slaying and attempted murder in the shooting of Hines’ daughter and the teen. He took his own life as police searched for him.

Darnell Michael Puidokas, a 36-year-old locksmith, was fatally shot Feb. 11 during a confrontation with a customer at the Chevron at 2161 Bessemer Road.

A suspect was charged.

Reginald Andre Moore, 55, was found shot to death Feb. 14.

A resident in the 900 block of Fourth Court West was leaving home for work and noticed something amiss in a neighboring yard.

No arrests have been made.

Marquis Kantrell Drakes Jr., 24, was found fatally shot Feb. 22 on the floor of a residence in the 1400 block of 29th Street in Ensley.

Police at the time said Drakes was involved in an altercation before shots were fired.

Officers took a female into custody. The shooting was ruled justifiable.

Autumn Duskin, 4 months old, died March 9 at Children’s of Alabama.

Police were dispatched to the hospital on a report of an unresponsive baby.

Police said the baby was at her Birmingham home prior to being brought to the hospital.

An autopsy found trauma led to her death.

No arrests have been made.

Tiffany Hernandez, 40, and Jason Joseph Brown, 40, were found slain inside a home on March 14.

Authorities said the victims are two of four people killed in two separate shootings authorities say were carried out by Daniel P. Watson, 28, of Pell City.

Leeds police said Watson confessed to shooting two people in Birmingham.

Watson was able to provide information about a house in South East Lake where the killings took place.

Police believe the Birmingham killings happened first.

Watson was charged.

Devarte Thomas, 30, was shot to death March 20 in the 300 block of 74th Street North.

Thomas pleaded guilty in 2016 to the shooting death of his mother, Tawanda Thomas, 40, in Hoover, and served prison time for manslaughter. Police at the time said the mother had gone to her son’s apartment to lecture him about ‘doing right.’

After his release, police responding to a report of a person down found Thomas dead.

Two people are charged.

James Lee Washington, 29, was fatally shot March 20 at an apartment building in the 300 block of First Avenue North.

Claude Lafayette Hardy Jr., 44, is charged with murder. He dated Washington’s sister.

Police said the two men got into a physical altercation which led to gunfire.

Kenneth Earl Harris Jr., 42, was shot on March 21 in the 500 block of Buffalo Street in Wylam.

Police said Harris was inside a residence when someone opened fire. Detectives believe the gunman was driving a white, four-door sedan.

No arrests have been made.

Michael Kimbrough, 48, was shot to death March 21 in the roadway in the 5900 block of Jesse Owens Avenue, which intersects with Sugar Ray Drive.

Investigators marked several shell casings near Kimbrough’s body.

A suspect was charged.

Fredrick Carnell Sykes, 44, was fatally shot on March 22 at a home in the 3600 block of Hemlock Avenue S.W.

Police believe a suspect broke in and shot Sykes.

No arrests have been made.

Caleb Witt, a 17-year-old senior at Jackson-Olin High School soon to become a father, was killed in a shooting during spring break on March 26.

Police said Witt was with a group of people shooting into a home when individuals returned fire, striking Witt.

Shot Spotter registered at least 50 rounds fired.

His death was ruled justified.

Demetrius Davis Jr., a 25-year-old former UAB football player, was fatally shot March 26 at the Circle K on Tallapoosa Street.

His death came nearly five years after his father was fatally shot at another Birmingham gas station.

Police said it appeared Davis Jr. was ambushed.

A suspect has been charged.

Sidney Saxton, 37, was killed in a March 28 shootout outside of 513 12th Street S.W.

Shot Spotter alerted police to nearly 40 rounds fired in an area police were called to more than once in recent days.

There were shell casings around Saxton which led investigators to believe he either fired shots or was preparing to do so when he was shot.

A suspect has been charged.

Jada White, a 16-year-old former member of Jackson-Olin’s cheerleading squad and a soccer player, was shot to death during spring break on March 29.

Police said Jada and several friends were in the 3000 block of Avenue F, damaging a vehicle, when someone shot at them.

Another teen girl was found injured in a vehicle nearby, but her injuries were not life-threatening.

A suspect has been charged.

Kamaree Phillips, a 17-year-old Clay-Chalkville High School junior, was shot to death April 1 in the parking lot of Magnolia Court apartments.

Police found Phillips, who had suffered critical injuries, outside of a vehicle.

Phillips, police said, was in a vehicle when the shooter walked up and began firing in a targeted shooting.

Two people are charged with capital murder.

Tedarrius Smith, 28, was fatally shot April 3 by a Jefferson County deputy following a police chase that began in Fairfield.

According to the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency, a deputy tried to stop Smith for traffic violations. Officials said they learned there was an outstanding warrant for someone in the vehicle for kidnapping.

The pursuit ended when the vehicle reached a chain fence at the Collegeville public housing community and could go no further.

Officials said Smith fled on foot and pointed a gun at the deputy when the deputy shot Smith.

No charges were filed.

Anthony Darniel Knight, 47, was gunned down in his vehicle in the 1400 block of Brighton Road on April 6 after police say he was followed for miles.

Police said it appears Knight stopped on the street when another vehicle pulled up alongside him and opened fire.

There was another person inside the vehicle who was shaken but uninjured.

No arrests have been made.

Jeffrey Pleasant, 40, was shot to death April 8 at a party in the 600 block of Carline Avenue in the Pratt community.

Police said an argument between Pleasant and the shooter led to Pleasant’s death.

The death was ruled justifiable.

Martinez Laudell Smith, 21, was killed in an April 9 shooting that also left two others injured during an argument at a party.

Police were on patrol near Legion Field when they heard shots fired. They found two gunshot victims in the roadway. Both survived.

Officers learned Smith had been taken by private vehicle to Princeton Baptist Medical Center. He was pronounced dead.

Police said all three victims were attending a party at a private event center when an argument erupted, turned into a physical altercation, and shots were fired.

No arrests have been made.

Brandon Urquhart, 22, was shot to death April 17 outside of an apartment in the 600 block of Earline Circle.

The suspect or suspects fled on foot.

No arrests have been made.

Isaiah Harris, 22, was shot to death April 17 while playing video games on Huntington Lane in the Huntington Hills neighborhood off Cherry Avenue.

Police said there was a small gathering at the house.

Others at the home heard shots. The suspect fled.

A suspect was charged.

Ariel Jones, 31, was found slain April 18 in a field in the 8400 block of Fifth Avenue North in East Lake after someone reported an abandoned vehicle.

Authorities said someone unsuccessfully tried to set a fire there.

Neighbors said the vehicle had been in the field just off an alley for at least two days.

A man has been charged in Jones’ death, as well as the slaying of another woman.

Derek Jason Wright, 39, was shot to death on April 20 in a front yard in the 400 block of 4th Street Thomas.

Police said Wright was riding down the street on a bicycle when a group of males opened fire.

No arrest has been made.

Venture Conard Harrison, 44, was fatally shot April 21 in the 2300 block of Steiner Avenue.

Someone flagged down police and directed them to Harrison, wounded in someone’s front yard.

Police said Harrison and the suspect were involved in an argument at M&N convenience store on Pearson Avenue. Investigators believe shots were fired there and continued onto Steiner Avenue.

Upwards of 20 shots were fired.

No arrests have been made.

Ryan Johnson, 25, was shot to death April 23.

Authorities said a police officer working off-duty at a nightclub in the 100 block of Third Avenue heard shots fired and went to investigate.

The officer found Johnson outside of a vehicle.

Police said Johnson and a suspect got into an argument. Shots were exchanged in the middle of the road.

No arrests have been made.

Janyia Marshae Thompson, 19, was killed April 25, in what police say was a targeted attack.

Shots rang out as a group was standing outside the 10th Avenue Convenience & Smoke Shop in the 4500 block of Richard Arrington Jr. Boulevard North.

Police said a suspect approached and fired multiple shots. A female was wounded but survived.

No arrests have been made.

Richard Mark Carter, 56, was found fatally shot April 26 at the Food Mart at 2258 Bessemer Road.

Police responding to a separate call saw Carter asking for help.

Investigators initially were unsure where the assault happened. Shot Spotter led officers to determine the shooting possibly happened at Western Trace Apartments at 2129 31st Street Ensley.

A suspect was charged.

Cornell Dewayne Richardson, 24, was killed April 30 in the 3100 block of Steiner Avenue.

Police found a victim lying in the roadway. He was next to a vehicle that had been shot into.

That victim was taken to UAB Hospital with life-threatening injuries.

While officers were investigating, they learned another gunshot victim was at Princeton Baptist Medical Center.

That victim, Richardson, was pronounced dead.

Investigators said the two men shot each other. Richardson’s slaying was ruled justifiable.

Monica Lynn Nichols, 59, was found dead inside her Glenbrook at Oxmoor Valley apartment on May 2 after a welfare check request from Nichols’ family.

An autopsy showed she was shot and had been dead at least a day.

No arrests have been made.

Adrian Dewayne Christian, 44, was shot to death May 5.

Police received a call reporting a person with a gun in the 1100 block of Fifth Street, off Arkadelphia Road.

A second call came in that a person had been shot. Christian was found and pronounced dead.

The shooting was ruled justifiable.

Erskin Irvin Jr., 37, was fatally shot outside his family’s Norwood home in the 1400 block of 33rd Street North on May 11.

Police found Irvin inside his bullet-riddled vehicle in a possible targeted attack.

No arrests have been made.

John Anthony Jackson, 43, was killed May 12 in the 1000 block of Elm Street.

Police found Jackson unresponsive outside of his vehicle and believe he was targeted.

More than 30 rounds were fired, according to Shot Spotter. Police put down more than 50 evidence markers in the street.

No arrests have been made.

George Williams Jr, 63, was shot to death while sitting on the front porch of his Fountain Heights home in the 1500 block of 19th Street North on May 12.

Williams was “completely innocent … enjoying the day,” police said. A friend or family member was involved in an argument with a group of people at a different location.

The suspects followed the person with whom they were arguing and opened fire, striking Williams.

No arrests have been made.

Patrick Bennett, 20, was shot to death May 17 when police say he was carjacking another man.

Officers headed to the scene were alerted to a second person down from gunfire, also in the 700 block of Springville Road.

Firefighters took the carjacking victim, found shot outside an apartment, to UAB Hospital with life-threatening injuries. Police said he returned fire, striking Bennett.

Bennett’s death was ruled justifiable.

Antoine Deonta Ester, 26, was fatally shot May 18 in front of his newborn at Forest Hills Village on Tempest Drive.

Police said a group of people were inside the apartment when an argument between the victim and the unidentified suspect erupted. The suspect, police said, then fired shots at Ester.

A suspect was charged.

Roshode Davidson, 36, was killed in a May 19 shooting that injured three other people in the Baby Kingston community in the 900 block of 47th Street North.

Police found a woman and three men – all adults – injured.

Police said people were gathered outside at a small apartment complex for a birthday party when the assailant approached and opened fire. Investigators estimate at least 20 shots were fired.

No arrests have been made.

Christian Wyatt, 27, was shot to death May 21 at Cortland Vesta, a Highland Avenue high rise.

Police found Wyatt on the ground near the parking garage.

Investigators believe there was a confrontation between Wyatt and the suspect. No arrests have been made.

Rodney Maurice Walker Jr., a 25-year-old Cottondale man, was found dead May 22 when authorities responded to a house fire on Old Lewisburg Road.

Officials said an autopsy confirmed the fire was suspicious. Walker was shot prior to the blaze.

No arrests have been made.

Deunte Jurrell Winston, 23, was shot to death May 25 in the 4300 block of 44th Avenue North in Inglenook.

Police found Winston unresponsive on a front porch.

A 17-year-old Winston knew is charged.

Glen Junior Morrow, 37, was killed May 27 in the parking lot of an apartment at 420 78th St. South.

Investigators determined an argument took place before Morrow was shot.

The shooting was ruled justified.

Juanderius Woods, 43, was shot to death May 29, in a horrific shooting captured on video in the 4400 block of Ninth Avenue North .

Roughly 90 rounds were fired within one minute.

Police found Woods dead in a parking lot.

Within 24 hours of Woods’ death, the video was circulated on social media.

A suspect was charged.

Anthony James Embry, 29, was shot to death on May 31 inside one of the units at a triplex in the 900 block of 52nd Way North.

No arrests have been made.

Jermiera Fowler, 31, was found slain and set on fire in the 200 block of Sellers Road on June 1, hours after she was reported missing.

She left behind two children.

A suspect was charged in Fowler’s death and the death of a woman found dead on April 18.

Victor Alberto Garcia, 27, was found shot to death inside a vehicle June 3 in the 2500 block of Snavely Avenue.

He was pronounced dead on the scene at 8:48 a.m. It was not immediately clear when the shooting happened.

No arrests have been made.

Dementrius Collins, 19, died in a hail of gunfire in front of an apartment building in the Rev. Dr Morrell Todd Homes on June 5.

A second person was wounded as roughly 70 rounds were unleashed.

No arrests have been made.

Demetrius Harris, 42, was killed in an exchange of gunfire on June 8 in the parking lot of a small apartment building in the 1600 block of 18th Place North.

A second man was found injured at nearby gas station but survived.

Police said the two shot each other. The shooting was ruled justifiable.

Montraevious Milton, 18, was shot to death June 11 during a birthday party at an Airbnb in the 4100 block of 49th Terrace North.

Police said an argument erupted and shots fired. Investigators recovered more than 100 shell casings.

No arrests have been made.

Eugene Holiday, 71, was shot to death June 17 in a domestic dispute inside his home in the 4700 block of Avenue T.

His son was charged.

Jarvis Jerome Conley, 24, was killed June 20 in a shooting that also left a woman seriously injured in the 900 block of 25th Street S.W.

Police said the gunfire followed an argument.

A suspect was charged.

Tadarrien Griffin, 22, was shot to death June 21 in the 100 block of 71st Street North near Wahouma Park.

The 17-year-old suspect remained on the scene and was charged.

Christen Taylor Adams, 22, was fatally shot on June 26 in an Ensley neighborhood.

At least nine rounds were fired.

Few details have been released. No arrests have been made.

Bryan Williams, 43, was found shot to death June 26 in the 4300 block of 13th Avenue North in the Kingston neighborhood.

A friend found the front door open and the house in disarray. He called 911.

A suspect was charged.

Sherry Lynette Body, 50, was shot to death June 30 on the sidewalk in front of a house in the 600 block of 11th Court West, off Arkadelphia Road.

A suspect is charged with murder.

Lekilo Mason Cummings, 33, was killed July 2, while he was on a break at work in the 2700 block of Republic Boulevard.

A 14-year-old girl was charged. Police said it was a fatal domestic incident.

Salhadine Adamou, 22, was shot to death July 3 on Third Avenue North, near Interstate 65.

Adamou and another man were in a vehicle when they were shot. They drove about a block before stopping near the Marathon convenience store at 11th Street and Third Avenue North.

No arrests have been made.

Kapricee Jackson, 35, was found fatally shot July 7 under the overhang of the tennis courts clubhouse at Lynn Park, part of East Lake Park, in the 400 block of 82nd Street North.

It wasn’t clear when the fatal shooting took place. A Shot Spotter call in that area came almost 24 hours earlier. Police said it’s unlikely Jackson had been there that long.

No arrests have been made.

Alajah Fairfax 20, was killed July 8 in a murder-suicide in the 6800 block of 66th Street South.

Authorities said Corey Denard Louis Jr., 19, fatally shot Fairfax and then himself. The two shared a child.

Jerrmarius Sills, a 21-year-old rapper known as Li Heat, died July 7, after he was wounded in an ambush shooting on May 27 in the 1500 block of Avenue L.

Police said Sills was walking when multiple suspects opened fire. More than 20 shots were fired.

He was also wounded the previous year in a shooting that killed his friend.

No arrests have been made.

DeForest Kines Jr., 28, and Cardarrius Bryant, 30, were found shot to death July 13 inside a parked vehicle in the 500 block of Zinnia Lane.

Investigators said it appeared someone opened fire on their vehicle. Numerous shots were fired.

No arrests have been made.

Nicholas Johnson, 33, was killed July 13, in a shooting inside a vehicle during an argument at the Vines at Hillside West apartments.

A suspect has been charged.

Lee Earl Moss, 71, and Daryl Maurice Jones, 62, were fatally shot July 15 while visiting in the backyard of a home in the 1700 block of 48th Street in Ensley.

At least 10 shots were fired. The target may have been someone close to the men.

No arrests have been made.

Jordan Melton, a 28-year-old Birmingham firefighter, was killed in a shooting that critically injured another firefighter shortly at Fire Station 9 on July 12.

Melton died five days later. Injured firefighter Jamal Jones – since promoted to lieutenant – has not returned to work.

Melton and Jones were performing maintenance in the bay area when a gunman entered and opened fire in what police say was a targeted attack.

No arrests have been made.

Morgan Tyree Martin, 28, was killed July 2 during an argument in Railroad Park.

Officers heard gunshots and responded.

The shooting happened near the park’s pavilion area off First Avenue South.

A suspect has been charged.

Cedric Reese, 58, died July 13, a day after he sustained blunt force trauma at the 5 Way convenience store on Eighth Avenue in Wylam.

Reese refused to go to the hospital.

The next day, a friend found him unresponsive at his home.

A suspect has been charged.

Rahkeem Vanderbilt, 32, was killed Aug. 4 in a shooting that also wounded two other men on Fourth Avenue S.W., just off Goldwire Street.

Shot Spotter registered several gunshots, including one burst of 29 rounds.

No arrests have been made in the slaying of the father of five.

Diangelo Freeman, 56, was shot to death inside a vehicle on Aug. 4 in the 7400 block Fourth Avenue South.

Few details were released and no arrests made.

D’Arcy Joseph, 33, was found fatally shot Aug. 7 in a vehicle that had been struck by gunfire in an alley in the 5000 block of 41st Way North.

No arrests have been made.

Frederick Douglas Berry Jr., 41, was shot to death Aug. 8 while riding his bicycle in the 7000 block of First Avenue South.

A suspect has been charged.

Adrien Harris, 18, was fatally shot Aug. 10 when someone opened fire on him in the 3100 block of 33rd Place North.

Harris showed up at UAB Hospital and was pronounced dead.

Robert Alexander Brown, 22, was found slain in Dolomite-Westfield Park on Aug. 13.

His family were looking for him and found him unresponsive inside his Audi SUV.

No arrests have been made.

Tommie Lee Brown, 26, was found shot to death Aug. 13 in a ditch off 50th Street S.W. and Park Avenue.

No arrests have been made.

Morris Brown Scott, 40, was killed Aug. 13 in a shooting that also wounded another person outside an apartment in the 1700 block of 32nd Place North in the Norwood Bottoms community.

Another man was wounded nearby in a grassy area.

Investigators believe the men were hanging out when someone opened fire on them. Multiple shell casings were found.

No arrests have been made.

Dedrick Earl Hampton, 44, was killed in an Aug. 20 shooting that also injured two others in a yard in the 800 block of 50th Street North.

The second victim was taken to UAB Hospital, and a third victim showed up injured at a gas station at 5117 Richard Arrington Jr. Boulevard North.

Police said the first two victims were hanging out when the unknown suspect fired shots at them. The third victim was driving along 50th Street when he was struck in crossfire.

No arrests have been made.

Snir Lalum, a 44-year-old Israeli citizen known as Sonny, was shot to death on Aug. 24 at 115 Walter Davis Drive.

Lalum, co-owner of Insta-Movers, was opening the business when investigators believe he was targeted for robbery after his employees were followed there from a convenience store.

Police attempted life-saving measures until firefighters took him to UAB Hospital where he died.

Two suspects have been charged.

Chaveda Willis, 33, and Markiezia Atkins, 24, were killed in a Sept. 4 double homicide that left three others wounded.

Willis was a mother, Army veteran and mail carrier. Atkins was a mother and Miles College student.

Both were killed on Labor Day when gunfire erupted outside a Birmingham club.

The shooting happened after an altercation at Aria Restaurant and Lounge in the 900 block of Fifth Avenue North. More gunfire erupted when three victims arrived at UAB Hospital in an SUV.

Investigators say at least two gunmen opened fire on the SUV outside the emergency room, but no one was struck.

Atkins and Willis and a man whose identity has not been released were inside a Chevrolet Tahoe that arrived at UAB’s emergency room.

When the SUV got to UAB, another vehicle pulled up and opened fire on the Tahoe.

The gunfire hit a UAB police vehicle and a hospital window, but no others were injured.

Two other women showed up at the hospital with gunshot injuries but also survived.

No arrests have been made.

TiMira Pullom, 28, was killed Sept. 17 in a domestic shooting at a home in the 3700 block of Pine Avenue S.W.

A suspect is charged with capital murder because the couple’s child was present at the time.

Antonio Coleman, 36, was shot to death Sept. 17 near the intersection of 40th Street and Jefferson Avenue.

Officers found Coleman under the awning of a business and several shell casings nearby.

Coleman’s death came eight months after he was acquitted of capital murder. He was arrested in 2020 in the 2010 killing of Jeffrey Deon Wormley. Coleman was released from jail in January.

No arrests have been made.

Phillip Emmanuel Bailey, 35, was found fatally shot on Sept. 19 on his back near a curb between two vehicles in the 1900 block of 13th Way S.W.

No arrests have been made.

Tru’Vontae William Hall, 19, was shot multiple times Sept. 25 in the 4200 block of 41st Avenue North.

Residents heard shots and saw Hall in the roadway.

No arrests have been made.

Toshobe Adox-Jones, 24, was killed in shootout in west Birmingham on Sept. 27 that injured two others.

Police were dispatched to Fire Station 20 on Avenue W after two men showed up with gunshot wounds.

Both men survived.

Adox-Jones, the third victim, was taken by private vehicle to Princeton Baptist Medical Center and died.

No arrests have been made.

Micah Honor, 24, was gunned down Sept. 30 while driving in the 2100 block of Bessemer Road in Five Points West.

A suspect on foot fired into the vehicle.

Honor, a former U.S. Marine, struck several vehicles before his car crashed through a fence and came to a stop in front of an abandoned apartment building in the 2500 block of Warrior Road.

No arrests have been made.

Thomas George Bostany, 29, was shot to death Sept. 30 inside a vehicle in the parking lot of Mountainside Apartments in the 1000 block of Penthouse Drive.

A suspect was charged with capital murder.

Darrius Dewayne Brown, 33, was found dead Sept. 28 near an alley off the 1500 block of Tuscaloosa Avenue, more than two weeks after he was reported missing.

A resident walking through the alley spotted his body.

No arrests have been made.

Michael Ledale Scott, 32, was killed Oct. 3 inside his vehicle in the 1000 block of Vinesville Road, near the intersection of Monte Sano Road.

No arrests have been made.

Jjuan James Cole, 22, and Dyron Malik Mays-Perry, 27, were shot to death Oct. 6.

A crowd was gathered in parking lots, around food trucks parked outside Platinum nightclub.

An officer near the 800 block of Second Avenue North heard shots and was flagged down by people who told him someone was shot in the parking lot of Washer and Refrigeration Supply Company.

Others told the officer another person was shot.

The officer found an adult female with gunshot wounds. She was taken to UAB Hospital with life-threatening injuries.

The third victim, an adult male, was also found in the parking lot. Both men were dead on the scene.

No arrests have been made.

Reginald Dewayne Tolbert, 51, was killed Oct. 12 in the 300 block of Second Avenue North in an abandoned building.

Authorities said a suspect started an argument with Tolbert.

The suspect who allegedly shot Tolbert and fled the scene has been charged.

Jacquic Little, 24, and Damon Thomas, 28, was shot to death Oct 15 inside a home in the 1800 block of Fulton Avenue S.W.

A suspect was charged.

Trudy Mustin, 63, was killed in an Oct. 15 shooting in the 1100 block of 15th Street S.W.

Police said two groups had been arguing all day. The latest argument took place inside a house and ended in gunfire.

No arrests have been made.

Aloysius Tobias Finn, 42, was found fatally shot to death Oct. 21 on the ground in the 9100 block of 14th Avenue North, a dead-end street off Zion City Road in the Airport Hills area.

No arrests have been made.

Kevin Davis, 41, was found dead Oct. 26 in the 300 block of Lexington Street.

The coroner’s office found Davis had been shot.

A suspect was charged.

Domminick Peterson, 47, was found by a passerby shot to death Oct. 27 on Walnut Avenue.

Peterson’s family members pulled up to the crime scene saying they had been looking for him.

Neighbors reported hearing gunfire the previous night and police found several shell casings.

No arrests have been made.

Rodger Davis, 65, was shot to death Oct. 28 inside a residence in the 600 block of 13th Street Ensley.

Investigators said the shooting followed an argument.

A suspect was charged.

Felicia Raquel Smith, 32, was found shot to death Oct. 30 in an alley in the 1500 block of Alabama Avenue S.W.

Smith was from Indianapolis. Her family told police they did not know why she was in Birmingham.

No arrests have been made.

Jamal Ali Abdulahe, 44, was shot to death Nov. 2 in the parking lot of the Marathon gas station at 4567 Pinson Valley Parkway.

Officers discovered a vehicle was parked at the gas station. Another vehicle pulled up and fired several shots.

The victims drove off but crashed.

A woman was injured in the wreck but survived.

No arrests have been made.

Marcus Hill, 59, was shot to death on the third-floor balcony of the Roadway Inn and Suites at 9225 Parkway East on Nov. 7.

Police said an argument preceded the shooting.

A suspect was charged.

Donald Cash, 52, was found slain Nov. 7 in a makeshift grave under a newly planted garden in his son’s back yard.

Cash disappeared Sept. 26 from Wylam. His truck was found a week later.

His son is charged with abuse of corpse and murder.

Adonnis Xavier Bishop McQueen, a 17-year-old Huffman High School senior, was found shot Nov. 11 in the roadway in the 400 block of Cheri Lane, just off Red Mill Road.

There were shell casings near McQueen, so investigators believe he was shot where he was found.

No arrests have been made.

Quinterrious “Fat” Patton, a 26-year-old father, died Nov. 12, almost a month after he was shot in the 100 block of Stoneridge Road at Adona apartments.

Police said they obtained little information about what led to the shooting.

Patton was at UAB Hospital until his death.

No arrests have been made.

Darryl Bowie, 56, was killed Nov. 15 in a drive-by shooting that also left a woman injured in front of a house in the 400 block of Fifth Street in Pratt City.

Police said the victims were standing outside when the suspect pulled up and fired multiple shots.

The shooter fled. No arrests have been made.

Anthony Cornelius Blount Jr., 45, was shot to death Nov. 16 in the 1000 block of Second Court West.

Police found Blount unresponsive inside a car that hit a parked vehicle.

Residents heard about six shots.

A suspect has been charged.

Demetrius Restee Williams, 36, was shot to death Nov. 18 in the roadway at Avenue W and 18th Street in Ensley.

About nine rounds were fired.

No arrests have been made.

Zion Kewayne Taylor, 24, was killed Nov. 18 inside a vehicle in the 1700 block of Avenue I, outside M&A Grocery.

At least six gunshots were fired.

No arrests have been made.

LaKevin Ralpheal DeBruce, 22, was shot to death Nov. 18 in the 2600 block of Avenue C in Birmingham.

Someone heard gunfire and saw DeBruce fall out of a vehicle.

No arrests have been made.

Deshawn Kahill Murphy, 45, was found slain inside his burning home at 4328 Willard Avenue S.W. on Nov. 20.

Firefighters found Murphy and a dog unresponsive by the front door. Both had been shot.

A friend was sitting outside in a vehicle when a man fired shots at the friend and the friend fled on foot.

The friend was shot in the side and taken to the hospital.

No arrests have been made.

Reginald Bryant, 52, was killed Nov. 27 in an apparent ambush in a grassy area near the woods behind a home in the 500 block of Closhire Lane, Pratt City.

Investigators believe Bryant was approached by multiple suspects who fired at him.

Police found at least 18 shell casings.

No arrests have been made.

Courtney Spencer, 24, was killed Dec. 2 in a running gun battle between two different vehicles near the Shell gas station on East Lake Boulevard, just off I-50/20.

Police were also told of an additional shooting in the 3400 block of 38th Place North.

Investigators said 10 to 20 shots were fired.

No arrests have been made.

Nigel Riddick Roberson, 19, was killed Dec. 2 in a shooting that also left another person injured in the 900 block of Fifth Avenue North near the Chevron gas station, just off I-65.

Police found two men wounded inside a vehicle.

Once police were on the scene, Roberson rolled out of the vehicle onto the ground.

At least 17 shots hit the vehicle.

No arrests have been made.

Quantez Banks, 32, was shot Dec. 10 inside Mel’s Place lounge at 3921 Richard Arrington Jr. Boulevard North.

Police said an argument between Banks, a patron, and an employee led to the shooting.

A 19-year-old employee is charged with murder.

Keithan Jamon Parker, 25, and Kayla De’Nea Hall, 19, were killed Dec. 13 in a shooting that also injured another woman in the 1700 block of 32nd Place North, an area known as Norwood Bottoms.

Officers received a call of a person shot at the Chevron/Norwood Convenience store in the 300 block of 12th Avenue North and found a woman suffering life-threatening injuries.

Police then learned that two more victims – Parker and Hall – were in the back of the vehicle.

No arrests have been made.

Antonio Deandre Benson, 28, was shot to death Dec. 16 in Birmingham’s Lakeview District in the 700 block of 29th Street. A second person was also injured.

Investigators said the victims were involved in an argument with a second group that escalated into gunfire.

Two Hueytown brothers are charged.

Ricardo Garcia, 30, was shot to death Dec. 16 in a confrontation with the owner of the Pita Stop.

Matt Islam, the owner of the restaurant in the 1100 block of 12th Street South, said he had to shoot Garcia, who he said was intoxicated and beat him in a bill dispute.

No arrests have been made. The investigation is ongoing.

Willie Henderson, 31, was shot to death Dec. 16 in a home in the 1200 block of Princeton Avenue S.W.

Neighbors heard gunshots and called 911.

No arrests have been made.

Sheldon Deon Henry Jr. 20, was found by a passerby shot to death Dec. 18 in the 300 block of Second Avenue North.

No arrests have been made.

David Wayne Nicholas, 43, was fatally shot Dec. 23 at a home in the 1400 block of Lake Lane N.E.

Nicholas was was able to leave and seek help.

A woman was reportedly kidnapped during the ordeal but recovered safely.

At least two suspects are in custody.

Exavier Tywan Mitchell, 26, was killed in a hail of gunfire outside his black SUV in the parking of a Dollar General in the 2300 block of Warrior Road on Dec. 26.

At least 16 rounds were fired.

No arrests have been made.

Stephen A. Keith Jr., 77, was shot to death Dec. 30 while driving on Parkway East.

Police received calls of a man shooting at another vehicle and then a crash.

Keith was taken to UAB Hospital where doctors discovered he had been shot.

A suspect was charged.