Birmingham Police Charge Man in 36th Homicide

Cornelius Cotchery, 26, has been charged with murder in the shooting death of Jeremy Jerome Moore, 39, in Birmingham’s Norwood community. Police say Moore was shot Monday afternoon on 33rd Street North and tried to drive away, but his vehicle crashed; he later died at UAB Hospital. Cotchery was arrested within hours and is being held without bond pending a court hearing. The case is Birmingham’s 36th homicide investigation of 2026, and the motive has not been disclosed.