Suspect In Ensley Shooting Charged With Capital Murder

BIRMINGHAM, AL - A 28-year-old man has been charged with capital murder after police say he entered a woman's home in Ensley and shot her. Police officials late Tuesday night identified the victim as Denise Fassel.

A report by Alabama Media Group said Cameron Jamer Cook, 28, is charged in Fassel's murder. Police have not released a motive, but said they believe the act was not random. Cook was taken into custody midday Monday outside an the Sky Inn on First Avenue North.

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Birmingham police Sgt. Bryan Shelton reported the incidents began at 5:45 p.m. Sunday when the suspect forced his way into an apartment at 2012 Avenue. He reportedly shot Fassel in the torso, then fled, and attempted to steal a car in the parking lot of a Dollar General. When that was unsuccessful, he then robbed a woman in the parking lot of a nearby gas station of her vehicle.

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