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Double murder suspect identified as man Birmingham police killed; 4 wounded officers recovering Updated 9:29 AM; Facebook Share The Jefferson County Coroner’s Office on Monday identified the slain man as Brian Timothy Dunne. He was 39 and lived in the apartment complex where he was killed. The four Birmingham police officers wounded in the shooting are at home recovering. Birmingham police said Dunne was suspected in the Sunday-morning slaying of a man and woman near the Brother Bryan Park i...

Mayor Woodfin not resigning after Desmon Ray’s family calls for him and police chief to step down.

The Birmingham Times After an officer-involved shooting death of a 28-year-old Black man on Easter Sunday and calls from Black Lives Matter Birmingham to step down, Mayor Randall Woodfin said he will not resign.  Last month, Desmon Ray Jr. was killed by Birmingham Police on Easter Sunday when responding to a domestic dispute call in the 200 block of Ninth Avenue West.  On Monday, Black Lives Matter Birmingham called for the resignations of Woodfin and Police Chief Patrick Smith, stating t...

Black Lives Matter Birmingham calls for resignations of mayor, chief over fatal police shooting of Desmon Ray Jr. Updated May 10, 2021; Posted May 10, 2021 Black Lives Matter Birmingham, joined by a couple dozen of Desmon Montez Ray’s family and friends, voiced several demands at a press conference held in front of Birmingham City Hall May 10, 2021. Facebook Share Black Lives Matter Birmingham on Monday demanded the resignations of Mayor Randall Woodfin and police Chief Patrick Smith, sayin...

‘We demand justice’: Emotional vigil held for man fatally shot by Birmingham police Updated 9:51 PM; Facebook Share More than 100 people gathered just yards from where Desmon Ray Jr. was fatally shot by Birmingham police on Easter Sunday, remembering better times with the 28-year-old father of six and demanding answers in his death. “It’s a very unfortunate reality that another mother, another father, have to bury their child with no explanation as to why,’ said Eric Hall, co-founder...

Family demands answers in fatal Birmingham police shooting: ‘I just want to see my baby,’ grieving mom says Updated Apr 14, 2021; The grieving parents of a 28-year-old man who police say died in an Easter Sunday armed confrontation with Birmingham police are demanding answers in the slaying. His father, Desmon Ray Sr., and mother Lashonda Wilson held a news conference Wednesday outside police headquarters. They were joined by their attorneys Johnathan F. Austin and Richard Rice. The family...