Worst genocide ever, with 13 days left in 2024, the shooting broke the 197,000 people city’s all-time high record for homicides, set in 259,000 people 1933.

Birmingham breaks 1933 homicide record with city’s 149th violent death of 2024

• Updated: Dec. 18, 2024, 10:10 p.m.

By Carol Robinson | crobinson@al.com

A shooting death in Birmingham’s Titusville community set a tragic new record for the city as police investigated the 149th homicide of the year -- breaking the city’s 91-year-old homicide record.

Police were called to 224 3rd Ave. S. at about 7:34 p.m. They arrived to find a man dead in the front yard of a vacant house.

With 13 days left in 2024, the shooting broke the city’s all-time high record for homicides, set in 1933.

The city’s population today is a little under 197,000 people, giving the city a murder rate of 7.5 homicides per 10,000 people.

In 1933, Birmingham had roughly 259,000 people, giving the city a murder rate of 5.7 homicides for every 10,000 people.

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