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Media Release 252-Public’s Assistance with the Darnell Ogletree & Jonathan Jackson Double Homicide Investigation

Public’s Assistance with the Darnell Ogletree & Jonathan Jackson Double Homicide Investigation Detectives request assistance from the public in obtaining information on a double homicide that occurred on Monday, November 23, 2020, that claimed the lives of Darnell Ogletree and Jonathan Jackson. At approximately 3:18 a.m., officers from the West Precinct responded to a shot spotter […]

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Media Release 251- Homicide Investigation- Willard Avenue SW

Homicide Investigation The Birmingham Police Department is conducting a homicide investigation. The incident occurred on Monday, November 20, 2023. The victim will be identified upon notification to the next of kin. At approximately 12:14 p.m., West Precinct officers were responding to a call of a house fire at Willard Avenue and 44th Street SW. Officers […]

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Media Release 249-Homicide Investigation- Avenue C

Homicide Investigation The Birmingham Police Department is conducting a homicide investigation. The incident occurred on Saturday, November 18, 2023. The victim has been identified as: Lakevin Debruce. (22), B/M, of Birmingham, Alabama.  At approximately 4:01 p.m., West Precinct officers responded to a call of a person shot at the intersection on 26th Street Ensley and […]

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Media Release 247-Homicide Investigation-Avenue W

Homicide Investigation The Birmingham Police Department is conducting a homicide investigation. The incident occurred on Saturday, November 18, 2023. The victim will be identified upon notification to the next of kin. At approximately 2:55 a.m., West Precinct officers were responding to a ShotSpotter notification of 9 rounds fired. While en route, the call was updated […]

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Media Release 244- Public’s Assistance in the Joshua & Brandon Carpenter Homicide Investigations

Public’s Assistance in the Joshua & Brandon Carpenter Homicide Investigations The Birmingham Police Department is requesting assistance from the public in two unsolved homicide cases from 2022, where brothers, Joshua and Brandon Carpenter were tragically killed nine months apart from another. Joshua Carpenter (Media Release 37-2022) was shot and killed on Monday, February 21, 2022, […]

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Media Release 229- Homicide Investigation- Alabama Avenue

Homicide Investigation The Birmingham Police Department is conducting a homicide investigation. The incident occurred on Monday, October 30, 2023. The victim is a black female who has not been identified Just before 12 p.m., West Precinct officers were dispatched to a Person Down call in the 1500 Block of Alabama Avenue. A community member observed […]

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Media Release 225 – Homicide Investigation – Lexington Street

Homicide Investigation   The Birmingham Police Department is conducting a homicide investigation. The incident occurred on Thursday, October 26, 2023. The victim has been identified as: Kevin J. Davis, (41), B/M, of Birmingham, Alabama. At approximately 6:00 AM West Precinct officers were dispatched to a call of a person down in the 300 Block of […]

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Media Release 223-Homicide Investigation-14th Avenue North

Homicide Investigation The Birmingham Police Department is conducting a homicide investigation. The incident occurred on Saturday, October 21, 2023. The victim as been identified as: Aloysius Astrada Tobias Finn, (42), B/M, of Birmingham, Alabama. At approximately 3:25 PM East Precinct officers were dispatched to a Person Shot call in the 9100 Block of 14th Avenue […]

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Media Release 216- Double Homicide Investigation- Fulton Avenue Southwest

Double Homicide Investigation The Birmingham Police Department is conducting a double homicide investigation. The incident occurred on Sunday, October 15, 2023. The victims have been identified as: Jacquic Little, (24), B/F, of Birmingham, Alabama Damon Thomas, (28), B/M, of Fairfield, Alabama. At approximately 2:28 a.m., West Precinct officers were dispatched to a ShotSpotter alert in […]

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Media Release 213- Homicide Investigation- 3rd Avenue North

Homicide Investigation   The Birmingham Police Department is conducting a homicide investigation. The incident occurred on Thursday, October 12, 2023. The victim will be identified upon notification to next of kin. At approximately 6:45 PM, North Precinct officers were dispatched to a Person Shot call in the 300 Block of 2nd Avenue North. Officers arrived […]

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