There were 75 homicides in Birmingham from January through June, up 10 slayings compared to the same point in time in 2023.
Birmingham police investigate a deadly shooting that happened Monday, March 11, 2024, in the 100 block of First Avenue S.W.Homicides in Birmingham and all of Jefferson County rose in the first six months of 2024 compared to the same time last year.
The 2022 homicide total surpassed the highest number recorded in recent memory -- 141 in 1991. Birmingham’s all-time record for homicides was in 1933 with 148 slayings. “Homicide is the one thing that everybody sees and has the greatest impact on our community and destroys families and that’s the worst of all of our crimes,’’ Thurmond said. “It’s just destroying family after family.”
Violent crime often heats up as the temperatures rise and continues into the holiday season which Thurmond agreed is concerning giving the increase already seen this year.“It’s also had an impact on our violent crime as well, looking at the arrest we’ve made and the guns we’ve taken off the street,’’ he said. “There’s a lot of background investigation that occurs with Knight Rider and it’s leading to other investigations.
@River-State Birmingham Police
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