Cameron Jayveon Scales is charged with murder in the May 15 slaying of 18-year-old Jaquavius James Weston.
Scales was taken into custody Wednesday in the 1000 block of Huckleberry Lane in Hoover by the Birmingham Police Department’s Special Enforcement Division and Jefferson County sheriff’s deputies. He was then booked into the Jefferson County Jail at 3:54 p.m. and remains held without bond.
West Precinct officers responded to the Ensley Highlands neighborhood at 11:23 p.m. that Wednesday after dispatchers received two Shot Spotter alerts in the area, one registering 12 rounds and the other indicating six rounds.Sgt. LaQuitta Wade said when officers arrived, they encountered two people who lived in that area.A young Birmingham man was shot to death outside his family's home Wednesday, May 15, 2024, on Avenue W.
Wade said officers canvassed the area but did not find any houses or cars that appeared to be damaged by bullets. They didn’t see anything unusual and left.Wade said after officers left the first time, the family continued to the investigate the area and that’s when they found Weston about 15 feet into a wooded area near their house.
Weston was unresponsive on the ground and pronounced dead by Birmingham Fire and Rescue Service at 12:07 a.m. Wade said investigators learned a family member heard the victim on the phone engaged in an argument with someone. Soon after, shots were fired, and she did not see the victim after that.72-year-old beaten to death in inmate-on-inmate attack in Macon County Jail holding cellIf you purchase a product or register for an account through a link on our site, we may receive compensation.
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