Homicide Investigation The Birmingham Police Department reports detectives are conducting a homicide investigation. The incident occurred on Thursday morning, September 30, 2021. The victim will be identified upon notification of next of kin. Just after 8:30 a.m., officers responded to 4705 Kingston Avenue on a call of a person down. The call came in from […]
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Assistant Chief Darnell Davenport Resigns from BPD The Birmingham Police Department reports Assistant Chief Darnell Davenport will be stepping down as Assistant Chief in October 2021 to pursue a new opportunity in the private sector. Assistant Chief Davenport joined the Birmingham Police Department on February 16, 2019 as Deputy Chief of the Patrol Bureau. Under […]
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Homicide Investigation The Birmingham Police Department’s detectives are conducting a homicide investigation. The incident occurred on Saturday September 25,2021. The victim has been identified as Joshua Rogers, (26), b/m of Birmingham, Alabama. Just after 4:30 p.m., officers from the West Precinct responded to a call of a person shot at 108 Dougan Avenue at an […]
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Homicide Investigation The Birmingham Police Department detectives are conducting a homicide investigation. The incident occurred on Saturday, September 25, 2021. The victim has been identified as Marion Reynolds (61), b/m of Birmingham, Alabama. At approximately 9:37 a.m., officers from the West Precinct responded to the 3900 block of Mineral Ave SW after receiving a call […]
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Homicide Investigation The Birmingham Police Department detectives are conducting a homicide investigation. The initial incident occurred on Friday night September 17, 2021. The victim has been identified as Ashley Canty, (28), b/f of Birmingham, Alabama. At approximately 9:00 p.m., officers from the North Precinct responded to a call of a one car accident in the […]
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Suspect in Custody after Fatal Hit & Run The Birmingham Police Department reports Hit & Run Investigators are conducting a hit and run investigation after a person was fatally struck on Interstate-59 South. On Thursday, September 23, 2021, at around 12:25 p.m., East Precinct officers were dispatched to Interstate-59 South near the Roebuck Parkway Exit […]
Media Release 228 Homicide Investigation Underway in the Morton Simpson Housing Community
Homicide Investigation The Birmingham Police Department reports detectives are conducting a homicide investigation. The incident occurred on Wednesday , September 22, 2021 in the Morton Simpson Housing Community. The victim will be identified upon notification of next of kin. At approximately 9:35 p.m. the 911 Communication Division received a ShotSpotter alert of eight rounds fired […]
Media Release 227-Missing Person Alert-Steven Darrelle Sampson
Missing Person Alert The Birmingham Police Department reports detectives are enlisting the assistance of the public in a missing person investigation. The missing person has been identified as: Steven Darrelle Sampson (50), B/M, 6 foot 2 inches tall, and 245 pounds. Steven Darrel Sampson was last seen at his job on September 10, 2021 at […]
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Hit and Run Investigation The Birmingham Police Department reports detectives are conducting a hit-and-run investigation. Detectives requests assistance from the public in identifying a person of interest in the attached videos. On Saturday, September 18th, 2021 at approximately 2:15 AM an unknown black male (seen in the three videos) parked his Black Hummer at Pump […]
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Arrest Made in Robbery Investigation The Birmingham Police Department reports detectives have obtained a warrant for an arrest in connection to a robbery investigation at Family Dollar (2003 Avenue F). The suspect has been identified as: Gilbert Coates, (33), B/M, of Birmingham, Alabama. The robbery occurred on Sunday, September 19, 2021, at Family Dollar (2003 […]
