Alabama resident encourages action as homicides increase [Video]

I’M GUY RAWLINGS AND I’M SHERI FALK AT THIS HOUR. THE MURDER RATE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS HIT A NEW LEVEL OF DANGER. THE RATE OF MURDERS IS IN 2024 UP COMPARED TO LAST YEAR IN REAL NUMBERS FROM JANUARY TO JULY 1ST. WE’VE HAD A TOTAL OF 67 KILLINGS. SAME TIME LAST YEAR, 61 WVTM, 13 EMMA OWEN JOINS US LIVE AND TAKES US TO THE SCENE OF BIRMINGHAM’S MOST RECENT HOMICIDE, EMMA. YEAH, SHERRI. RIGHT NOW WE’RE HERE IN THE PARKING LOT OF THE APARTMENT COMPLEX WHERE YESTERDAY’S HOMICIDE HAPPENED. PEOPLE HERE IN THE AREA, THEY TELL ME THAT 30 YEAR OLD CAMERON CANAL WAS SHOT RIGHT HERE IN THIS PARKING LOT. YOU CAN SEE HERE BEHIND ME. THERE’S EVEN POLICE TAPE FROM YESTERDAY’S CRIME SCENE. WE CAN ZOOM IN ON IT RIGHT THERE. NOW, POLICE BELIEVE HE WAS FOUND IN AN AREA WHERE A DICE GAME WAS GOING …