A domestic dispute in a Birmingham home ended in gunfire in the early morning hours of January 5, 2025. Police were called to a residence on 17th Court South at about 2:30 a.m.; 40-year-old James Leon Craig Jr. and a woman with non-life-threatening gunshot wounds were found and taken to UAB Hospital, where Craig was later pronounced dead. The shooting was the city’s third homicide of 2025.

On February 27, 2025, 23-year-old Tamiya Thomas was arrested and charged with capital murder; she is being held in the Jefferson County Jail without bond. Craig’s family has criticized the initial police investigation as insufficient, and his twin sister Jennifer Craig publicly questioned the pace of detective work and communication. The family also believes others who were at the scene should face consequences.

Are there details from that night or witnesses who haven’t spoken to investigators who can help clarify what happened?