A person named Anthony Dubose Jr., who’s suspected of capturing and killing a 77-year-old man in Birmingham, Alabama, has been booked on expenses of homicide. Stephen A. Keith Jr., who was driving, was killed within the capturing.
One other incident by which Dubose wounded a person has additionally led to Dubose being accused of tried homicide.
The ordeal began just after 1:30 p.m. Saturday when Birmingham 911 despatched out a lookout bulletin that an SUV was capturing at a sedan at Edwards Lake Street and Gadsden Freeway.
A short while later, extra calls got here in updating the situation of the 2 automobiles, to incorporate the shooter, stated Sgt. LaQuitta Wade.
A Birmingham sergeant within the space then heard capturing. These automobiles had been within the 9300 block of Parkway East.
A crash then occurred in that location, which was in entrance of Arby’s. When first responders arrived on the scene of the wreck, they discovered Keith injured in a small automotive that had crashed into a big pickup truck.
Keith was rushed to UAB Hospital the place medical doctors decided he had been shot. He was pronounced useless on the hospital late Saturday evening.
The driving force of the truck was additionally hospitalized in severe situation. That man was reportedly on his approach residence from work when the crash occurred.
These near him say he sustained a damaged again.
As police had been investigating that incident, they had been notified of one other individual shot. That decision got here in at 3:26 p.m. within the 1300 block of Excessive Level Terrace.
That is the 135th homicide in Birmingham in 2023. 9 of these shootings had been dominated justified by the courts, together with one involving an outdoor regulation enforcement company.
Shortly after 5 p.m., investigators positioned the capturing suspect in Tom Bradford Park, additionally on the town’s east aspect. Officers descended on the park the place the suspect was taken into custody earlier than 6:30 p.m.
East Precinct officers, the division’s Crime Discount Group, Jefferson County sheriff’s deputies and Trussville police all labored to make the arrest.
Police initially stated Keith was caught in crossfire, however later decided he had been focused. Why he was focused, and in the event that they even knew one another, has not been made clear.
Because of this, Dubose will likely be held with out bond on the Jefferson County Jail.