By Erica Thomas, managing editor
TRUSSVILLE The day after a shooting inside Walmart in Trussville, the Trussville Police Department is in full force in the most concentrated crime-fighting effort in the department’s history.
Police Chief Eric Rush said he is “taking Walmart back” after seeing an increase in crime at the location off Chalkville Mountain Road. He has mobilized a specialized unit to the area that will look for crime and enforce the law.
“It won’t only be visibility, but they will be making arrests and enforcing the law,” Rush said. “They are going to arrest you if you are breaking laws in our city.”
Bessemer 18-year-old charged in Hoover killing
Updated Jan 25, 2021;
A Bessemer teen has been charged in the fatal shooting of another teen in Hoover.
Hoover police on Monday announced the arrest of 18-year-old Kendall Patrick Langham. He is charged with capital murder in the slaying of 19-year-old Michael Shelley Jr. of Hoover.
The shooting happened just before 2 a.m. Friday at The Woods of Hoover apartment complex, said Lt. Keith Czeskleba. The complex is located on Galleria Woods Drive.
Lt. Keith Czeskleba said Hoover’s 911 Center received a call of a person shot in a vehicle outside of the 1200 building. When officers arrived on the scene, they found Shelly suffering from a gunshot wound to the head.
From The Tribune staff reports
BIRMINGHAM – The Birmingham Police Department reports an arrest has been made in connection to the murder of 52-year-old Brian Keith Fleming, who was murdered on Jan. 3, 2021.
The suspect has been identified as a 17-year-old juvenile from Birmingham, according to a press release from the department. Police say the suspect’s identity will be withheld due to the age of the defendant.
Detectives presented information gathered on the case to the Jefferson County District Attorney’s Office for review, and murder warrant were obtained shortly thereafter.
The juvenile defendant will be held in the custody of the Jefferson County Jail on a $100,000 bond.
New Jersey Herald
What was the motive behind the killing of a 20-year-old Fort Drum soldier? Why was he buried 300 miles away under snow in a secluded wooded area in Sussex County? What led authorities to charge another soldier from the same New York military base with first-degree murder? Who is the 16-year-old also charged with the murder?
All these questions and more remain unanswered as the numerous agencies overseeing the case are still piecing it together, Sussex County First Assistant Prosecutor Gregory Mueller told the New Jersey Herald.
The investigation is focusing on a motive for the Dec. 19 killing of Army Cpl. Hayden Harris as well as how the suspects and the victim ended up in Byram. Was it just a random exit off Route 80 to Route 206 and eventually to secluded Ross Road, or was there a reason the area was chosen?
Fort Drum soldier, teen charged with murdering another soldier
Updated Dec 29, 2020;
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Fort Drum, N.Y. A Fort Drum soldier and a teenager have been charged with kidnapping and killing Hayden Harris, a soldier found dead days after he went missing from Fort Drum, prosecutors said Monday.
Pvt. Jamaal Mellish, 23, of Brooklyn, and a 16-year-old boy whose name was not released, were charged Monday with first-degree murder, first-degree kidnapping, second-degree possession of a weapon without a permit and second-degree possession of weapons for unlawful purposes. Mellish also was charged with suppressing evidence.
Prosecutors say Mellish met Harris in Glen Park, about a 20-minute drive from their Fort Drum base, to exchange vehicles a earlier this month. They went to swap a Ford Mustang for Harris’ white 2017 Chevrolet Silverado, Sussex County First Assistant Prosecutor Gregory Mueller told the New Jersey Herald.