From Tribune staff reports
BIRMINGHAM — The deadly holiday weekend in Birmingham has now claimed a sixth victim. Police are investigating a shooting death at The Quest nightclub at 6 a.m. this morning.
The nightclub is located at 416 24th Ave. South. Officers answering the call found two victims shot, according to Birmingham Police Sgt. Monica Law.
One victim was pronounced dead at the scene and the other was transported to UAB Hospital with life-threatening injuries, Law said.
“During the investigation, Jefferson County received a call from a person of interest the eastern part of Jefferson County,” Laws said. “Both the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office and the Birmingham Police Department responded to that location to take that person into custody for questioning. At this time, we do not believe that this is a hate crime.”
It is the sixth killing in Birmingham in the last four days.
Late Saturday, officers were called to the scene in the 100 block of 3rd Avenue West to answer a call of multiple people shot in a vehicle, according to BPD Sgt. Monica Law.
When officers arrived, they found three adult males in a vehicle suffering from gunshot wounds. Law said all three were transported to the hospital, where one male was pronounced dead, and another victim was found to have life-threatening injuries.
The shooting victims have been identified as Jalen Jamarcus Tolbert, 24, and Marquse Terrail Yarbrough, 25, both of Birmingham.
On Sunday, Birmingham police reported that the victim with life-threatening injuries has also died.
Earlier in the day, BPD responded to the 4200 block of England Oak Street in Birmingham, where officers found two men shot to death in the Inglenook area. The victims were identified as 32-year-old Rodriquez Jerrell Powell and 35-year-old Justin Jarell Taylor.
Friday around 6 p.m., a man was shot and killed as he drove in the 800 block of Arkadelphia Road with his two young children. Following the shooting, the vehicle collided with another vehicle in the 1000 block of Arkadelphia. The victim has been identified as Demarkus Etwan Moss, Sr., 22, of Birmingham. Both children were injured in the crash, with one sustaining life-threatening injuries.
Law said investigators do not have any suspects in the weekend shootings.
The homicide death toll in Birmingham for 2022 now exceeds 100, well ahead of the 2021 pace that saw the city hit a 25-year high for homicides.