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Media Release 237

Homicide Investigation The Birmingham Police Department is conducting a homicide investigation. The incident occurred on Friday, October 1, 2021. The victim will be identified upon notification to the next of kin. At approximately 9:30 p.m., West Precinct officers were dispatched to the Chevron Gas Station, located at 1800 31st Street Southwest, on report of a […]

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Media Release 234

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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Media Release 232

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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Media Release 231

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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Media Release 230

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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Media Release 229

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 […]

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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 […]

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Media Release 226

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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Media Release 225

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 […]

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Media Release 224

Critical Missing Person Investigation Update The Birmingham Police Department reports Critical Missing Person, James Jones has been located; he is safe.   Critical Missing Person Investigation The Birmingham Police Department reports detectives are conducting a critical missing person investigation. The Birmingham Police Department requests assistance from the public on locating the subject in the attached […]

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