Tower Down - 04.13.24 (AL) "Updated 04.27.24"

[TowForce]

Man found shot dead outside running tow truck at vacant southwest Birmingham house

 

A man was found shot to death in front of a vacant house in southwest Birmingham.

 

West Precinct officers were dispatched at 11:10 p.m. Saturday to the 1700 block of Maple Avenue S.W.  after someone called 911 about a tow truck that was backed onto the property of a vacant house.

 

Officers arrived to the find the tow truck was still running. As they walked around the truck, they found the man dead on the ground.

 

Sgt. LaQuitta Wade said one of the residents in the neighborhood did hear gunshots but did not go outside to investigate.

 

The victim appears to be the tow truck driver, Wade said, but authorities are still working to identify him.

 

No one is in custody.

RESOURCE LINK

[TowForce]

 

[TowForce]

41-year-old identified as towing company owner found shot to death in Birmingham

 

 

Authorities have released the name of a man found shot to death outside his tow truck late Saturday night in southwest Birmingham.

 

Birmingham police identified the city’s 40th homicide victim as Christopher Deandre Coleman. He was 41 and lived in Birmingham.

 

Coleman was the owner of Coleman’s Towing. He was a father, a grandfather and described by friends as a family man.

 

West Precinct officers were dispatched at 11:10 p.m. Saturday to the 1700 block of Maple Avenue S.W. after someone called 911 about a tow truck that was backed onto the property of a vacant house.

 

Officers arrived to find the tow truck was still running. As they walked around the truck, they found Coleman dead on the ground.

 

Sgt. LaQuitta Wade said one of the residents in the neighborhood did hear gunshots but did not go outside to investigate.

 

Coleman was Birmingham’s third homicide in less than 72 hours.

 

RESOURCE LINK

[passmoreauto]

Our thoughts and prayers go out to Chris’s family, friends and workers.

[Tommytows]

He was a good guy, picked up from us regularly for copart

[Werewolf by Night]

REST IN PEACE...... 

I only met you in passing a few times, you are still one of our tow brothers. Hope they find your killer soon!

Edited April 15 by Werewolf by Night

[TowForce]

Family of slain Birmingham tow truck driver remember him as hard working father, grandfather

 

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBRC) - The family of a Birmingham tow truck driver, who was shot and killed over the weekend, is remembering him as being a great father and hard worker. According to Birmingham police, the 41-year-old was found Saturday evening next to his truck in the driveway of an abandoned home.

According to Christopher Coleman’s wife, Lisa Coleman, they were preparing to move out of state before someone shot and killed him. Right now police don’t have anyone in custody but Coleman says she believes they have a couple of leads.

According to police, just after 11 Saturday night officers found the tow truck driver in the driveway of a home on Maple Avenue Southwest. The house was empty and Coleman’s truck was still running when police found him lying on the ground suffering from a gunshot wound.

Police say someone in that community heard the gun go off before they got there. Lisa Coleman says things are tough for her family right now but she’s clinging to the memories of a man she says was a great father, grandfather, and husband.

“He was a person that would go out of his way to help anybody. I don’t see why someone would do him any harm because if you ask him for it, he would give it to you. He was doing all he could to right his wrongs with anything he needed to as far as family wise,” says Coleman.

Police are asking you to come forward if know what happened. Contact BPD’s Homicide Unit @ 205-254-1764 or Crime Stoppers @ 205-254-7777. You can remain anonymous.

RESOURCE LINK

[TowForce]

Birmingham police release video, photo of person of interest in slaying of towing company owner

 

Birmingham police released footage and a photo Friday showing a person of interest in the slaying of a towing company owner earlier this month.

 

Police are trying to identify and locate the person of interest in the death of 41-year-old Birmingham resident Christopher Deandre Coleman, who was found shot to death beside his tow truck April 13 on Maple Avenue Southwest.

 

The video released Friday showed the person of interest walking down a driveway:

 

 

Coleman was the owner of Coleman’s Towing. He was a father, a grandfather and described by friends as a family man.

 

West Precinct officers were dispatched at 11:10 p.m. April 13 to the 1700 block of Maple Avenue S.W. after someone called 911 about a tow truck that was backed onto the property of a vacant house.

 

Officers arrived to the find the tow truck was still running. As they walked around the truck, they found Coleman dead on the ground.

 

Sgt. LaQuitta Wade said one of the residents in the neighborhood did hear gunshots but did not go outside to investigate.

 

RESOURCE LINK