Carol Robinson

The shots rang out at 7:23 p.m. Thursday in the front yard of a home in the 3400 block of 31st Avenue North.

The Jefferson County Coroner's Office identified the fatality victim as Claudia Mae Dreffs. She was 21 and lived in Hayden.

Braylen “Bray Bray” Hardy, a seventh-grade student and basketball player at Bush Hills STEAM Academy, died Tuesday at Children’s of Alabama, three days after he was struck near his father’s Ensley home. A balloon release will be held at 6 p.m. today, and a GoFundMe has also been launched to help his family.

Haley Dee Metz, 33, in September entered a blind plea of guilty to aggravated child abuse of 3-year-old Aydah DiMaso.

Officers arrived to find 43-year-old Eric Lamont Eutsey lying in the road. He had been stabbed multiple times, police said.

Police and fire medics responded at 10:13 a.m. to the 1400 block of Hunter Loop Road. The name of the incident location has not been made public by authorities.

Kamerynn Young, 5, died in 2020 when she was in a vehicle that was struck by Dustin Cody Martin, who police say was driving erratically and fled police.

The wreck happened at 7:33 p.m. Friday on Highway 79, about three miles southwest of Locust Fork.

The shooting happened before 6 p.m. Sunday in the 100 block of 24th Street North.

Police aren't releasing any additional details, except to say it was a contained incident with no threat to the general public.