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Richard Carter

Case from Burmingham, AL dated Apr 26, 2023

Victim Details

Richard Carter

Male

Black / African American

Burmingham

AL

2023-04-26

56

Richard

Carter

07/02/2026

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Richard Mark Carter, 56, a Black male from Birmingham, Alabama, was discovered in the early hours of April 26, 2023, collapsed at the front of a Food Mart in the 2200 block of Bessemer Road. Police were called just before 2 a.m., and when officers and Birmingham Fire and Rescue arrived, the injury initially appeared to be a stabbing. Carter was still alive long enough to seek help, and paramedics rushed him to UAB Hospital, where he later died.

As daylight came and investigators began pi ...
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