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James Holmes

Case from Birmingham, AL dated Nov 07, 2012

Victim Details

James Holmes

March 28, 2022

Male

Black / African American

Birmingham

AL

2012-11-07

2012-11-07

21

James

Holmes

No

07/12/2026


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James Otis Holmes was a 21-year-old Black male from Birmingham, Alabama, whose life ended violently in the early hours of November 7, 2012. In Ensley, on the 4800 block of Terrace R, sanitation workers on their garbage route came upon his body in the yard behind a home. Police later said he had been shot in the head, and residents in the area reported hearing several gunshots hours before he was found. The scene carried the eerie stillness that often follows sudden violence, with detectives left ...
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