Crime & Safety
Arrests Made In Birmingham Double Homicide
Two teens have been arrested and charged with murder in a deadly shooting on Parkway East Saturday.
BIRMINGHAM, AL — Two people have been arrested in connection with a deadly shooting Saturday on Parkway East in Birmingham. Jureil Dowdell,19, and a 17-year-old juvenile have been charged with murder.
Both men were arrested after a brief pursuit with East Precinct patrol officers. They both are being held in the Jefferson County Jail without bail.
The preliminary investigation suggests an argument took place inside the business and escalated into gunfire. The victims were identified as Cornelius Ja'Shawn Hilliard, 21, and Reginald Curtis Crawford Jr., 26. Officers located two additional male victims on the scene who were wounded by gunfire from inside of the business, police said.
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The shooting investigation of Crawford Jr. is still under review by the Jefferson County District Attorney's Office, so Dowdell and the 17-year-old juvenile were just charged with Hilliard's murder for now.
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