61-year-old man killed in Birmingham shooting is city’s 100th homicide of 2024; the search for the suspect continues

Authorities have released the name of a man killed in a shooting in Birmingham as the search for the gunman continues.

Birmingham police on Wednesday identified the victim as Charlie Moore. He was 61 years old.

Moore became the city’s 100th homicide Tuesday night when he was shot inside an apartment in the North Birmingham Homes public housing community, also known as Vice Hills.

The city in 2023 did not reach 100 homicides until October 3rd. At this time last year, there were 87 murders.

Shortly before 8:30 p.m. Tuesday, the police department’s Crime Time Crime Center specialists alerted North Precinct officers that they had seen a stolen vehicle in Vice Hills.

Officers arrived on scene and located the stolen vehicle in the 3100 block of 43rd Avenue North.

Officers then heard gunshots coming from a nearby apartment.

A North Precinct officer saw an armed suspect exit the apartment.

“Our officer confronted the armed suspect and during the confrontation, our officer fired shots at the armed suspect,” said Officer Truman Fitzgerald.

The suspect entered the passenger side of the stolen vehicle, which then sped off.

North Precinct officers followed the stolen vehicle until the occupants abandoned the vehicle in the 4100 block of Fairmont Place.

During the pursuit, other North Precinct officers responded to the apartment where shots were fired, Fitzgerald said. Officers entered the apartment and found Moore unresponsive.

He was pronounced dead at the scene by Birmingham Fire and Rescue Service at 8.45pm

Fitzgerald said Wednesday morning that no arrests had been made.

Also, he said, it was unclear whether the officer’s bullets struck the armed homicide suspect.

Fitzgerald said the Real Time Crime Center, which includes live all-seeing technology housed in a hub on the fourth floor of downtown police headquarters, “was crucial” to the case.

“We got to this area quickly enough for our officer to hear those gunshots” in the apartment, Fitzgerald said.

“Not only did our officers hear those gunshots, but our officer was involved in a confrontation with a potential homicide suspect, where our officer fired shots at the homicide suspect,” he said, “so I believe that it shows you how crucial the Birmingham Police Department’s Real-Time Crime Center plays in our daily tasks.”

Of Birmingham’s 100 homicides this year, one included an officer-involved shooting by an outside agency, and another was a 4-year-old girl who died in a shooting in 2022. Of the 100, eight were considered justifiable and are therefore not considered criminal.

In all of Jefferson County, there were 125 homicides, including the 100 in Birmingham. On this date, in 2023, there were 120 homicides in the entire county.

Anyone with information is asked to call homicide detectives at 205-254-1764 or Crime Stoppers at 205-254-7777.