Arrest Made In North Birmingham Homicide

BIRMINGHAM, AL — An arrest has been made in the Tuesday morning death of Donnika Renee Sills in north Birmingham. Police have charged 20-year-old Kaylin Landon Sparks with capital murder in the case.

Sills was found shot to death just after 3 a.m. Tuesday in the 100 block of 3rd Avenue North. Police say the shooting may have stemmed from a verbal argument that transpired earlier between Sills and Sparks.

Sparks turned herself in at the Birmingham Police Headquarters Wednesday. She was transported to the Jefferson County Jail where she is now in the custody of the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office, and is being held without bond.