Man and woman killed in separate Bessemer shootings; women jailed in both

Two people were killed in separate weekend shootings in Bessemer.

The Jefferson County Coroner’s Office on Monday identified the victims as Vincent Edwin Pritchard, 56, and Cateria Sharae Birchfield, 26. Both lived in Bessemer.

Pritchard was shot at 10:58 p.m. Friday in the 2400 block of Sixth Avenue North in Bessemer. He was pronounced dead on the scene at 11:08 p.m.

Annie Sillimon, 50, is charged with murder in Pritchard’s slaying. The Bessemer woman was booked into the Jefferson County Jail at 4:30 p.m. Sunday and remains held without bond.

Cateria Sharae Birchfield, 26, was shot at 2:06 a.m. Saturday in the 200 block of 26th Street South in Bessemer.

She was taken to UAB Hospital where she died at 3:51 a.m.

Police have charged 24-year-old Audrina Peterson with murder in Birchfield’s death.

Peterson, of Bessemer, was booked into the county jail at 4:46 p.m. Sunday. She, too, remains held without bond.

Additional circumstances surrounding the killing, including motives, have not been released.

The victims are Bessemer’s fourth and fifth homicides this year.

Anyone with additional information is asked to call the Bessemer Police Department at 205-425-2411, 205-481-4366, Tip Line at 205-428-3541 or Crime Stoppers at 205-254-7777.

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