On September 5, 2008, 31-year-old Jerry Marcrum, the son of a Jefferson County sheriff's deputy, was fatally shot in Birmingham, Alabama. His death was one of 89 homicides reported in Birmingham that year, contributing to a homicide rate of 39.0 per 100,000 residents, the fifth highest among U.S. cities reporting to the FBI.
The circumstances surrounding Marcrum's death were part of a broader pattern of violence in Birmingham during 2008. The city experienced an average of 7.4 homicid
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