Crime & Safety
Police Make Arrest In February Homicide
A man has been arrested in connection with the murder of Devonte Reddick in February.
BIRMINGHAM, AL — An arrest has been made in a 6-month-old homicide case in Birmingham. Police arrested Melvin Charles Morris, 41, of Montgomery and have charged him with the murder of Devonte Reddick.
The homicide occurred February 6 on Dogwood Lane in East Birmingham.
Sgt. Rod Mauldin of the Birmingham Police Department said Morris was apprehended in Nashville by US Marshalls and extradited back to Birmingham.
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Morris has been charged with capital murder and attemptwd murder, and is being held at the Jefferson County Jail with no bond.
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