“I’m outraged!” “It’s really sad!” “It’s a tragedy!”
Those are just some of the thoughts expressed by Birmingham neighborhood leaders and residents who recently spoke to the Birmingham Times about and offered suggestions to help curb the recent gun violence that has plagued the city.
On Wednesday, a victim was found dead at an east Birmingham apartment complex, the city’s 39th homicide of 2021; three of those homicides were ruled justifiable as self-defense by investigators or prosecutors. Even though the city has recorded one less homicide through May 12 of this year than at this time in 2020 the deaths are adding up and residents are not pleased.
Updated: 6:05 PM CDT May 11, 2021 WVTM 13 Digital The Jefferson County Sheriff s Office is investigating a shooting in Center Point that killed a man Tuesday afternoon.Sgt. Joni Money says deputies initially responded to Haversham Circle around 1:30 p.m. on reports of a man threatening and assaulting a female resident. When the deputies arrived at the scene, the man had fled. Money says deputies were searching for him when a second call came in around 3 p.m. stating the man was back at the location and had been shot by another man. When deputies returned to the scene, the shooter was gone.Deputies were able to identify the shooter and associated him with an address in the Norwood Community of Birmingham. The man was taken into custody without incident at that address by Birmingham PD.He is being interviewed by JCSO detectives.The circumstances surrounding the shooting are under investigation.No further details are available at this time.
From The Tribune staff reports
JEFFERSON COUNTY The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a shooting near Center Point on Tuesday, May 11, 2021.
Deputies were first called to the location, around 1:30 p.m., on Haversham Circle, in regards to a woman who said she was threatened and assaulted by a man. The man had already left the scene. As deputies were searching for him, they received a second call, around 3 p.m., stating the man had been come back to the location and was shot by another man on the scene.
The shooter was later located by Birmingham Police in the Norwood Community. He was taken into custody and is being questioned by Sheriff’s Office detectives.
From The Tribune staff reports
BIRMINGHAM The Jefferson County Coroner’s Office identified a man shot and killed in east Jefferson County on Tuesday, May 11, 2021.
Jermaine James Kidd, 24, of Fultondale, was pronounced dead on the scene in the 700 block of Haversham Circle. The location is in unincorporated Jefferson County, near the city limits of Birmingham, Center Point and Pinson.
Deputies with the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office were first called to the location, around 1:30 p.m., in regards to a woman who said she was threatened and assaulted by a man. The man had already left the scene. As deputies were searching for him, they received a second call, around 3 p.m., stating the man had been come back to the location and was shot by another man on the scene.
Vehicle hydroplanes, rolls on Highway 20 near Rigby before getting hit by another car
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RIGBY – Traffic was delayed on U.S. Highway 20 for about an hour Monday night following a two-vehicle crash.
The crash occurred about 6:40 p.m. at the County Line Road Exit south of Rigby in the eastbound lane.
Idaho State Police reports 22-year-old Hannah Shepley of Ashburn, Virginia was traveling westbound on Highway 20 in a 2015 Subaru Forester. It was raining and she hydroplaned while crossing the overpass. She hit a guard rail on the other side of the road and rolled over into oncoming traffic in the eastbound lane.