Tiffany Cooper, 35, a Black woman, died on June 18, 2018, after a domestic dispute turned violent inside a home in west Birmingham, Alabama. Police were dispatched to the 1200 block of 16th Place Southwest around the early evening, where they found her inside the residence suffering from a gunshot wound. She was pronounced dead at the scene, the argument that preceded the gunfire still hanging in the air as officers began sorting through what family members had witnessed and what neighbors may
have heard.
As the first hours unfolded, investigators described the shooting as stemming from a family conflict, with Tiffany reportedly arguing with her mother shortly before the shot was fired. The address was reported as 1233 16th Place Southwest, and the scene was treated not as a mystery unfolding in the streets but as a rupture inside a household—one that ended with Tiffany’s life slipping away before help could change the outcome.
Authorities quickly took Tiffany’s mother, Angela Cooper, into custody. Early reporting identified Angela Cooper as 57 years old and said she was booked into the Jefferson County Jail with a bond set at $20,000. In the initial public accounts, she was charged with reckless murder, an allegation that framed the shooting as a fatal act born of reckless disregard rather than a premeditated plan.
Subsequent summaries of Birmingham’s 2018 homicides also described Angela Cooper’s arrest but listed the charge as reckless manslaughter, reflecting how the case was characterized in at least some later reporting and compilations. Publicly available coverage in these sources centers on the arrest and charging decisions; it does not provide detailed, widely reported information about a later trial, plea, or final conviction outcome connected to Tiffany Cooper’s death.
