Incident

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4-13-2020 Alabama Birmingham 1-1

Location

April 13, 2020

Birmingham, Alabama

Participants

Type: Victim
Name: Cordai Deonte Molette
Age: 23
Age Group: Adult 18+
Gender: Male
Status: Killed

Type: Subject-Suspect
Name: Charza Jamal Knight
Age: 21
Age Group: Adult 18+
Gender: Male
Status: Unharmed, Arrested

Incident Characteristics

Shot - Dead (murder, accidental, or suicide)
Drive-by (car to street, car to car)

Notes

Victim shot multiple times while driving, jury found Knight guilty of the lesser charge of felony murder and shooting into an occupied vehicle sentencing 7/26/23;

Guns Involved

1 gun involved.

Type: Unknown

Sources

URL: https://www.al.com/news/birmingham/2020/04/man-shot-to-death-while-driving-on-birmingham-roadway.html

URL: https://www.al.com/news/birmingham/2020/04/2-young-men-killed-hours-apart-in-unrelated-birmingham-shootings-now-identified.html

URL: https://www.al.com/news/birmingham/2020/04/suspect-charged-in-last-weeks-deadly-drive-by-shooting-on-east-birmingham-roadway.html

URL: https://www.al.com/news/2023/05/24-year-old-convicted-in-2020-murder-of-man-who-was-shot-while-driving-on-east-birmingham-roadway.html

District

Congressional District: 7
State Senate District: 18
State House District: 54