Birmingham Police Investigate 2 Sunday Homicides

BIRMINGHAM, AL - Two separate homicides Sunday are being investigated by the Birmingham Police Department. One of the incidents claimed the life of an 84-year-old woman.

Birmingham police Sunday afternoon identified one of the victims as 84-year-old Hattie Evans. The name of the second victim has not yet been released, according to a report by Alabama Media Group.

Birmingham East Precinct officers were dispatched just before 2:30 a.m. to a home in the 9000 block of Zion City Road on a welfare check, said police spokesman Officer Rod Mauldin. They gained entry into the home and found Evans unresponsive. She was pronounced dead on the scene.

Mauldin said Evans had a head injury and the investigation determined she was the victim of a homicide. One suspect is in custody.

Police responded later that morning to the city’s west side after a passerby discovered a man lying in a grassy area. Mauldin said police were dispatched at 6:09 a.m. to the 1100 block of Detroit Street near Wylam Park.

The victim had been shot at least one time and was pronounced dead on the scene by Birmingham Rescue and Fire Service.