Tag: Shooting
Birmingham’s Drop In 2023 Homicides Mirrors National Trend
By Carol Robinson | crobinson@al.com
Birmingham’s homicide tally in 2023 dropped for the first time in five years after years of steady increases brought the deadly...
How Students at Birmingham’s A.H. Parker High School Found Way to...
By Alaina Bookman
AL.com
Alaina Bookman reports for the “Beyond the Violence” collaborative, a partnership between AL.com, The Birmingham Times and CBS42. Support her work here.
Members of the...
Birmingham Firefighter Jordan Melton Dies 5 Days After Shooting
By Barnett Wright
The Birmingham Times
Birmingham firefighter Jordan Melton passed away Monday evening after being shot on-duty last week by an unknown suspect inside Fire...
Two Birmingham Firefighters Shot on Wednesday Expected to Recover
By Ryan Michaels
The Birmingham Times
Two Birmingham on-duty fire fighters who were shot on Wednesday are out of surgery and expected to recover, according to...
Birmingham Mayor Woodfin: Two Shooting Deaths in Kingston Community ‘Not Reflection...
By Ryan Michaels
The Birmingham Times
Following two recent murders and dozens of shots fired in an East Birmingham neighborhood, Mayor Randall Woodfin said on Monday...
‘Mother’s Day Will Be a Complete Lost … I Don’t Have...
By Nicole S. Daniel
The Birmingham Times
This is another installment in The Birmingham Times/AL.com/CBS42 joint series “Beyond the Violence: What can be done to address Birmingham’s...
Birmingham’s Tragic and Historic 2022 Homicide Toll, By the Numbers
By Carol Robinson | crobinson@al.com
Birmingham ended 2022 with the families and friends of 144 homicide victims left grieving.
The year was deadliest in recent history and...
With Homicides Increasing in Many Cities, Do Gun Buyback Programs Work?
NNPA
With gun violence increasing in the City of Birmingham should a gun buyback program be considered? Other municipalities have tried it, including Houston TX.
Due...
Alabama A&M mourns death of Birmingham native and cheerleader
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WAFF) - Alabama A&M University is mourning the death of Chi McDade who passed on Thursday night.
McDade was a member of the cheer...
UPDATED — Gunman Kills 3 Seniors at Church Outside of Birmingham...
By Jay Reeves and Kim Chandler
VESTAVIA HILLS, Ala. (AP) — The 70-year-old visitor had previously attended some services at St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church before...
