A 21-year-old man has been identified the victim fatally shot in a Bessemer neighborhood.
The Jefferson County Coroner’s Office identified the man as Keaderick Terrod Robertson. He lived in Midfield.
It all began about 10:15 a.m. Tuesday in the 1000 block of 26th Street in Bessemer. Lt. Christian Clemons said it appears there were shots exchanged, possibly from someone in a vehicle and someone else in a house on 26th Street.
Robertson was struck and his Chevrolet Malibu came to a rest against a utility pole, just a few yards from where investigators marked 15 shell casings. He was pronounced dead on the scene at 10:33 a.m.
A man was shot to death Tuesday, April 20, 2021 in the 1000 block of 26th Street in Bessemer.
A Bessemer detective was just blocks away and heard the shots fired. He drove around the area until someone flagged him down and pointed him to the vehicle. He discovered the victim inside.
Clemons said they have not determined whether anyone else was in the vehicle when the gunfire erupted. A suspect was detained but no formal charges have yet been announced.
“There were some threats made though messaging either social media or direct,’' Clemons said. “We’re trying to figure out who was threatening who and how everybody fits in.”
The threat, he said, was that somebody was going to come to the location and “shoot up the house.”
The homicide is Bessemer’s 18th this year. The city had only 18 in all of 2020.
Anyone with information is asked to call Bessemer police at 425-2411, the Tip Line at 205- 428-3541 or Crime Stoppers at 205-254-7777.