An adult suffered a gunshot wound Thursday in the Center Point area and was rushed to UAB Hospital, where the victim was reported to be in stable condition. Center Point Fire District crews responded to the 100 block of Chalkville Manor Drive after receiving a report of an adult with a gunshot wound, and personnel transported the injured person to the Birmingham hospital themselves.
According to WBMA, the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office is now investigating the circumstances surrounding the shooting. As of the station's report, no additional details regarding the circumstances of the shooting or a possible suspect had been released.
Investigation Still in Early Stages
The station's report makes clear that the case remains in its earliest stages, with the sheriff's office offering no information yet on what led to the gunfire or who may have been responsible. That leaves neighbors in the 100 block of Chalkville Manor Drive without answers for now, and it is unclear when investigators might release further information.
This is not the first time gunfire has struck that stretch of road. A 15-year-old boy was shot in the same 100 block of Chalkville Manor Drive in Chalkville back in March 2014, according to a report from trussvilletribune.com, which noted the teen was transported to an area hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. A few blocks away, in the 200 block of Chalkville Manor Drive, deputies investigated a shooting in November 2021 in which a 37-year-old man suffered multiple gunshot wounds and later died at UAB Hospital, per the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office.
A Manslaughter Charge Followed the 2021 Case
In that 2021 case, the sheriff's office reported that 40-year-old Marcus Ladrell Jenkins was placed in the Jefferson County Jail on a manslaughter charge with a $30,000 bond after speaking with detectives. The sheriff's office said at the time that the circumstances surrounding that shooting were still under investigation, a reminder that these cases can take time to resolve even after an arrest.
Center Point sits among the parts of Jefferson County that have historically seen a disproportionate share of violent crime. The chief deputy coroner identified Center Point, along with west Birmingham, Roebuck and Bessemer, as areas where most of the county's homicides typically occur, according to abc3340.com's earlier reporting on county crime data. That same reporting found that gunshot wounds accounted for 96% of Jefferson County homicides in 2023, underscoring how often firearms are involved in the county's most serious violence.
County Homicide Trends Show Mixed Signals
Countywide homicide figures have told conflicting stories depending on the source. abc3340.com reported that Jefferson County had logged 139 homicides in 2024 as of its September 2024 article, while a separate account from parcalabama.org put the county's full-year 2024 total at 196, down from 216 in 2021. The county's chief deputy coroner described 2021's 216 homicides as the highest total in recent history, and noted that after about a two-year decline, 2024 appeared to be on pace to possibly exceed the prior year's count of 197.
More recent numbers suggest some improvement, at least in Birmingham proper. Birmingham recorded 37 murders in the first six months of 2025, compared with 76 by the midpoint of 2024, per parcalabama.org. Outside the city, homicides in areas patrolled by the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office held even between the first half of 2024 and the first half of 2025, the same report found, while homicides in the rest of the county outside Birmingham fell from 87 in 2021 to 47 in 2024. Most homicides in Jefferson County continue to involve guns, and in 2024, 88% of the county's homicide victims were Black, according to parcalabama.org's data.
Thursday's shooting on Chalkville Manor Drive remains under investigation, and no arrests or suspect information had been announced as of the latest report. Anyone with information is expected to be directed to the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office as the inquiry continues.
