Tuscaloosa Violent Crimes Unit

A Tuscaloosa woman has been charged with felony child abuse after a 9-month-old boy was found dead Tuesday afternoon, and more serious charges may follow.

Reginal Peoples has been sentenced to life in prison for the 2023 murder of Rufus Tyrone Carter IV.

A former Tuscaloosa bouncer who fatally shot a 19-year-old visiting for an Alabama football game more than five years ago will spend the next three decades in prison.

A worker at a lumber mill in north Tuscaloosa County was killed in a workplace accident Wednesday night, investigators have confirmed.

The man who killed a nurse outside of Tuscaloosa's DCH Regional Medical Center earlier this month is clearly suffering from mental illness and will be involuntarily medicated, a judge ruled on Friday.

Investigators with the Tuscaloosa Violent Crimes Unit say a deadly police shooting on Thursday was a preventable tragedy that followed a long period of lying, followed by the perception of a deadly threat.

Tuscaloosa County Sheriff's deputies shot and killed a woman whose wanted brother was pointing a BB gun at police on Thursday morning. The suspect was also shot and has been charged with manslaughter for allegedly causing her death.

A father from Brookwood, already charged with manslaughter, may see that charge upgraded to felony murder over the death of his 13-month-old child in a hot car on Wednesday.

Loved ones and investigators have located the remains of a Northport woman who has been missing since early this month, the Tuscaloosa Violent Crimes Unit said Sunday.

Investigators in Tuscaloosa say the man accused of fatally shooting a nurse in the parking lot of Tuscaloosa's DCH Regional Medical Center was mentally ill and targeted her at random.