On June 13, 2008, 17-year-old Terry J. Coker was fatally shot near the intersection of 1st Avenue North and 3rd Street in Birmingham, Alabama. This incident was part of a series of homicides that year, with the city reporting 89 homicides in 2008, of which 82 were classified as murder or non-negligent manslaughter. The homicide rate for Birmingham that year was 39.0 per 100,000 residents, ranking it fifth highest among cities reporting to the FBI.
The circumstances surrounding Terry Cok
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