Crime & Safety
Center Point Gunman Charged With Attempted Murder
A gunman who was shot by a Jefferson County Sheriff's deputy has been arrested and charged with attempted murder.
BIRMINGHAM, AL - A suspect who was shot by a Jefferson County Sheriff’s deputy Sunday was committed to jail Wednesday. The suspect, 27 year old Nikolas Marteze Levert of Birmingham, is charged with Attempted Murder, Unlawful Possession of Marijuana and Unlawful Possession on of a Controlled Substance.
The incident began when the deputy attempted to stop Levert for a moving violation, and Levert reportedly fled into an apartment complex parking lot off Polly Reed Road in Center Point Sunday morning just before 10 a.m.
David Agee of the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office said Levert exited the vehicle with a handgun, and the deputy then fired and struck the driver. The handgun was recovered and later found to be stolen.
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Levert is being held on $85,000 bond.
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