HOW TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY.
< "I miss him a lot. He was
very funny, a character. He
was a character. All the kids
loved him. They talk about him
all the time."
THE BIRMINGHAM POLICE
DEPARTMENT IS LOOKING FOR NEW
LEADS ON A COLD CASE.
IT'S A MURDER THAT HAPPENED
NEARLY NINE MONTHS AGO.
HELLO, I'M JIM DUNAWAY.
AND I'M SHERRI JACKSON.
BOY.
CBS 42 NEWS REPORTER JAMES
MCCONATHA IS ON THE CASE
TONIGHT.
BUT ISN'T TALKING.
AND POLICE ARE MAKING IT EASY
FOR THAT PERSON TO COME
FORWARD SHERRI. THE VICTIM WAS
24 YEAR OLD HANIF RAMEL RUSS.
POLICE SAID HE WAS SHOT
MULTIPLE TIMES AND THEYRE
HOPING SOMEONE CAN TELL THEM
WHO PULLED THE TRIGGER.
<"Right in here is where we had
our shell casings, so this is
where the actual confrontation
took place"
HOMICIDE DETECTIVE KYLE
JOHNSON WITH THE BIRMINGHAM
POLICE DEPARTMENT TOOK ME OUT
TO THE SCENE WHERE 24 YEAR OLD
HANIF RAMEL RUSS WAS SHOT AND
KILLED
"Tried to get back to his
Aunt's house and fell right
here."
DETECTIVE JOHNSON SAID JUST
BEFORE THE SHOOTING, RUSS HAD
BEEN IN A FIGHT WITH A GROUP
OF PEOPLE ONE STREET OVER.
"Several minutes later Mr Russ
came around to this location,
to his Aunt's house"
POLICE BELIEVE HE MAY HAVE
BEEN APPROACHED THERE BY
SOMEONE WHO CHASED HIM DOWN
BEHIND THE HOUSE TO THE ALLEY
WHERE HE WAS SHOT
POLICE SAID THEY RECEIVED
MULTIPLE REPORTS OF SHOTS
FIRED THAT NIGHT. BUT BEFORE
THEY COULD GET THERE, A 13
YEAR OLD BOY WHO LIVED IN THE
HOME WHERE RUSS WAS SHOT FOUND
HIM IN THE BACK YARD.
"My son was the only one that
was in the house. And they
heard the gunshots and the
gunshots ceased my 13 year old
ran out there where he was and
hollered back, 'mama, it's
Hanif, it's my cousin!'"
RUSS WASNT A RELATIVE OF THE
FAMILY WHO LIVES HERE, BUT
TONIA PATTON SAID HE MIGHT AS
WELL HAVE BEEN
"He would stay the night some
nights. He was just part of
the family"
SHE SAID HER SON IS STILL
DEALING WITH THE TRAUMA OF
FINDING RUSS IN THE BACK YARD.
"He talk about it every day."
AND IN FACT, THEY ALL ARE.
DETECTIVE JOHNSON SAID THEY
HAVE SEVERAL PEOPLE THEYRE
INTERESTED IN TALKING TO BUT
HE WANTS TO HEAR FROM ANYONE
WHO MIGHT HAVE ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION ABOUT THAT NIGHT.
"That really small piece of
the puzzle may be the piece of
the puzzle that we're
looking for"
CBS 42 NEWS IS PARTNERING WITH
CRIME STOPPERS TO HELP FIND
JUSTICE FOR THIS VICTIM AND
HIS FAMILY.
IF YOU HAVE ANY INFORMATION
CALL CRIME STOPPERS AT
254-7777.
YOU CAN LEAVE A TIP
ANONYMOUSLY AND GOOD
INFORMATION MAY EARN YOU A
CASH REWARD.LIVE IN THE NEWSROOM JAMES
