Aldorthia Burrell

Death by Force

Aldorthia Burrell, 82, a Black woman, was sitting on the enclosed front porch of her home on Balsam Avenue SW in Birmingham on the evening of September 3, 2025, when gunfire from a nearby altercation sent a stray round into her doorway. Officers arrived just before 8 p.m. and found her between the front door and the porch; she was rushed by Birmingham Fire and Rescue to UAB Hospital, where she was pronounced dead that night. Investigators said the shot that killed her came from an argument about ...Read More

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