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Accused cop killer pleads guilty in 2019 slaying of Birmingham police Sgt. Wytasha Carter
Updated Feb 22, 2021;
Jefferson County District Attorney Danny Carr announced that Jeremy Elwin Owens, 33, today pleaded guilty to capital murder and was sentenced to life in prison without parole. He avoided the death penalty by taking the plea.
He also pleaded guilty to two counts of attempted murder in the wounding of Officer Lucas Allums and for shooting at Sgt. Talana Brown. He received life in the two attempted murder convictions.
Carr said the plea ends the criminal case, “but we know the effects of this defendant’s actions will be felt by the Carter family, the Birmingham Police Department and our community forever.”