On the night of August 20, 2023, at approximately 11:40 p.m., Birmingham Police Department officers responded to reports of a shooting in the 800 block of 50th Street North. Upon arrival, they discovered 44-year-old Birmingham resident Dedrick Earl Hampton and another adult male lying in a yard, both suffering from gunshot wounds. Birmingham Fire and Rescue personnel pronounced Hampton deceased at the scene, while the second victim was transported to UAB Hospital with non-life-threatening injuri
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