The death is Birmingham’s fifth homicide this year and the second this week. Nehemiah Williams Wren, 20, of Birmingham was shot to death Monday night inside a vehicle in a field in the Inglenook neighborhood. In all of Jefferson County, there have been nine homicides, including the five in Birmingham, in 2025.

Birmingham Mayor Randall Woodfin delivered his State of the City Address Tuesday at the Kiwanis Club of Birmingham. To watch the whole address, click the video player above.

Birmingham Mayor, Randal Woodfin hosted his State of the City Address on Tuesday. The mayor focused on city safety issues such as violence prevention and policing. Mayor Woodfin said that less than 1% of the city’s population is responsible for more than 50% of the city’s crime.

Birmingham city leaders are engaged in a multifaceted approach to address its most pressing challenge of reducing homicides, Mayor Randall Woodfin said this afternoon. But the answer is not simple. Woodfin,