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The Tragic Death of Major Turner - February 4 2026

Morning Cup of Murder

Morning Cup of Murder

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🗓️ 4 February 2026

⏱️ 5 minutes

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Summary

February 4th: Major Turner killed (2021) You think of your home as your safe space. The place where, you hope, nothing bad can happen. On February 4th 2021 a young boy became a victim inside the comfort of his own home. A devastating case that has yet to see a conclusion. https://police.birminghamal.gov/media-release-28-arrest-made-in-the-major-turner-homicide-investigation/, https://www.al.com/news/birmingham/2022/07/25-year-old-indicted-in-2-birmingham-murders-including-shooting-death-of-2-year-old-major-turner.html, https://www.al.com/news/2022/02/arrest-in-murder-of-birmingham-2-year-old-major-turner-announced-on-anniversary-of-death.html, https://www.wbrc.com/2022/02/05/arrest-made-shooting-2-year-old-major-turner-one-year-after-his-death/, https://www.wvtm13.com/article/birmingham-murder-major-turner-shooting-arrest/38983893, https://www.wbrc.com/2022/02/04/arrest-made-deadly-shooting-birmingham-toddler/, https://abc3340.com/news/local/arrest-made-in-2021-shooting-death-of-2-year-old-major-turner-birmingham-alabama-gun-violence-capital-murder-mayor-randall-wodfin-birmingham-police-department-child-killed-jefferson-county-sheriffs-office-clearence-speed, https://lawandcrime.com/crime/police-announce-arrest-warrant-for-man-charged-with-shooting-2-year-old-in-neck-he-was-already-in-jail-in-connection-with-another-murder/, https://www.wvtm13.com/article/alabama-governor-reward-major-turner-shooting-death-birmingham/35553447 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

There were two more murders, 15 miles away.

0:02.6

When police arrived, they found the telephones and electricity lines.

0:06.0

We have a weird homicide.

0:08.8

A scene described by one investigator as reminiscent of a weird...

0:12.0

A cup of murder.

0:14.4

You think of your home as your safe space.

0:18.7

The place where you hope nothing bad can happen. On February 4th, 2021, a young boy

0:25.7

became a victim inside the comfort of his own home, a devastating case that has yet to see a

0:32.5

conclusion. So if you like your coffee hot but your bones chilled, sit back and start your day with a morning cup of murder.

0:42.3

On February 4th, 2021 at 9.37 p.m., officers in Birmingham, Alabama were called to the Kimbrough Holmes housing community after shots were fired.

0:57.8

Shots that, according to the 911 calls,

1:06.8

hit a young child. When they arrived at the scene, they found Major Turner, just two years old,

1:12.6

lying on the living room floor of his home, suffering from a gunshot wound to his upper extremities.

1:17.0

Transporting the boy immediately to the Children's Hospital of Alabama, they later found that Major's mother was also wounded

1:20.9

and sent her to the UAB Hospital for treatment.

1:24.9

She was later released, but Major never left the hospital. He succumbed to his

1:31.1

injuries and died that very same day. According to their investigation, the toddler had just

1:38.4

finished dinner with his family and was sitting on the couch with his mother and another sibling

1:42.9

when out of nowhere,

1:45.2

gunfire erupted outside on John Bryant Road.

1:49.4

With two more siblings upstairs watching television, chaos ensued as bullets began pelting their apartment.

1:57.5

His mother, Brian Smith, had this to say.

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