Total offenses in crime categories reported to the FBI rose 7% from 3,749 in 2020 to 4,016 in 2021, but that’s still below the 4,458 crimes in 2019, 4,618 crimes in 2018, 5,195 crimes in 2017 and 4,799 crimes in 2016, records show.
Bessemer 18-year-old charged in Hoover killing
Updated Jan 25, 2021;
A Bessemer teen has been charged in the fatal shooting of another teen in Hoover.
Hoover police on Monday announced the arrest of 18-year-old Kendall Patrick Langham. He is charged with capital murder in the slaying of 19-year-old Michael Shelley Jr. of Hoover.
The shooting happened just before 2 a.m. Friday at The Woods of Hoover apartment complex, said Lt. Keith Czeskleba. The complex is located on Galleria Woods Drive.
Lt. Keith Czeskleba said Hoover’s 911 Center received a call of a person shot in a vehicle outside of the 1200 building. When officers arrived on the scene, they found Shelly suffering from a gunshot wound to the head.