Vivian Simone Brantley, 24, is charged with murder in the slaying of 47-year-old Damian Dawson, a father of five. Brantley surrendered to police hours after Dawson was killed and booked into the Birmingham City Jail. The warrant against her was issued Wednesday by Jefferson County District Attorney’s Office.

When police arrived, they found family members who located Chapman, of Birmingham, dead in a wooded area off Carlos Avenue. According to Birmingham Police, Chapman was reported mi

Birmingham police have charged Wilbert Reynolds Jr., 51, of Birmingham, and Dexter Jemison, 54, of Bessemer with capital murder. The suspects are cousins. They were taken into custody by the department’s Crime Reduction Team at a west Birmingham home. Officer Truman Fitzgerald said they were arrested within hours of the discovery of Chapman’s body.

A midday shooting in Etowah County left two people dead, and a third person in custody. Sheriff’s deputies were dispatched at 12:30 p.m. Tuesday on a report of a shooting in Coats Bend Circle in a rural part of the county.

Deputies arrived at Coats Bend Circle in a rural area of the county around 12:30 p.m. in response to a shooting incident, according to the Etowah County Sheriff's Office.