From Tribune staff reports
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.–A Center Point man has been arrested and charged in the shooting death of Enrique Cortes Martinez, according to BPD Officer Truman Fitzgerald.
Police vehicles parked near the scene of the shooting. Courtesy of BPD.
The suspect has been identified as 29-year-old Anson Evans.
Just before 8 a.m. Monday morning, Martinez was driving along the 9300 block of Parkway East when another vehicle pulled up alongside him and fired shots into his vehicle, killing him.
His 5-year-old grandson, who was also in the vehicle, was uninjured in the shooting and rushed to a nearby CVS Pharmacy by “Good Samaritans” for safety.
Police later reunited the child with his family.
BPD’s Crime Reduction Team took Evans into custody at an apartment in Center Point on Thursday, Nov. 14.
He has been charged with capital murder and will be held in the Jefferson County Jail with no bond.
Police believe the motive in this shooting to be road rage.
“During this investigation, community members provided tips to detectives that assisted them in identifying Evans as a suspect,” Fitzgerald said.
“Within hours of these tips, BPD officers took Anson Evans into custody. Anson Evans wouldn’t have been arrested on Thursday had it not been for community members providing tips to our detectives.”
