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2 killed in separate weekend homicides in Bessemer: ‘Put the guns down,’ says grieving mom
Updated Apr 19, 2021;
Two men were killed in separate weekend incidents in Bessemer, including one who was beaten to death with a kitchen pot and another who was shot while walking home from his grandparents’ house.
Family members say Deterrious Kieth-Bernerd Steele, 21, had left his grandparents’ house Sunday night and was just walking to his girlfriend’s house several blocks away. A short time later, Bessemer police and fire medics were dispatched to Hard Park, also known as Enoch Brown Park, after someone found him wounded.
It wasn’t immediately clear what time the shooting actually happened, but the family last saw him about 7:45 p.m. Steele was found unresponsive at 9:48 p.m. and pronounced dead on the scene.
Ex-boyfriend charged in fatal shooting of 21-year-old Bessemer mother of twins
Updated Apr 16, 2021;
Posted Apr 16, 2021
LaShay Jackson, a 21-year-old mother of twins, was shot to death April 14, 2021 in what authorities believe was a domestic incident. (Contributed)
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The ex-boyfriend of a young mother fatally gunned down outside her Bessemer home has been charged in the slaying.
Bessemer police on Friday announced the arrest of De Anthius Jacobien Edwards. The 20-year-old is charged with murder in the Wednesday shooting death of 21-year-old Joanne “LaShay” Jackson, the mother of 3-year-old twins.
The shooting happened about 9:15 p.m. Wednesday in the 2800 block of Carolina Terrace. Jackson was taken to UAB Hospital where she was pronounced dead at 10:10 p.m.
Ex-boyfriend arrested in death of Bessemer mother of twins trussvilletribune.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from trussvilletribune.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.