APPEARS THAT AT THIS TIME, THE FIRE WAS ACCIDENTAL. AN INVESTIGATION IS UNDERWAY IN BIRMINGHAM AFTER POLICE SAY THEY FOUND A MAN SHOT TO DEATH IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. NOW, THIS WAS THE SCENE THIS MORNING ON 69TH PLACE NORTH. POLICE RESPONDED TO SHOTS FIRED AT A HOUSE IN THE AREA AROUND 2 A.M. NOW, WHEN OFFICERS ARRIVED, THEY FOUND A MAN UNRESPONSIVE INSIDE THE HOME. HE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE SCENE.
Arizona man arrested in Montgomery for July 4 shooting death of Birmingham man
Updated: 7:09 PM CDT Jul 5, 2026
Video above: Previous coverageA Glendale, Arizona, man has been arrested in connection to the overnight shooting death of another man on July 4.Birmingham police, alongside Montgomery police, took Dontrell Bennett, 36, into custody at a short-term rental property in Montgomery in connection to the shooting death of Dennis Collins, 41.Birmingham police said they responded to the area of 100 69th Place North around 2 a.m. for a report of shots fired at a home and after arriving, found Collins unresponsive inside a home.Birmingham Fire and Rescue pronounced him dead after arriving at the scene.Bennett has since been taken back to Birmingham and booked into the Jefferson County Jail, where he is being held without bond.It is not clear what Bennett was doing in Birmingham before Collins’ death, or after in Montgomery.>> YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD: Community coverage from WVTM 13
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. —
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A Glendale, Arizona, man has been arrested in connection to the overnight shooting death of another man on July 4.
Birmingham police, alongside Montgomery police, took Dontrell Bennett, 36, into custody at a short-term rental property in Montgomery in connection to the shooting death of Dennis Collins, 41.
Birmingham police said they responded to the area of 100 69th Place North around 2 a.m. for a report of shots fired at a home and after arriving, found Collins unresponsive inside a home.
Birmingham Fire and Rescue pronounced him dead after arriving at the scene.
Bennett has since been taken back to Birmingham and booked into the Jefferson County Jail, where he is being held without bond.
It is not clear what Bennett was doing in Birmingham before Collins’ death, or after in Montgomery.
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