A shooting on the evening of April 20, 2026, along Warrior Road in Birmingham’s Anley Highlands and Belleview Heights communities left one man dead and another wounded. The Jefferson County Coroner identified the deceased as 39-year-old Chaddrick Mario Thomas. Thomas was taken to UAB Hospital and later died of his injuries; the condition of the second wounded person was not immediately released.

Birmingham police arrested a suspect the next day. Michael Hickden was taken into custody without incident, held initially on a 48-hour felony extension, and was later charged with one count of murder in connection with Thomas’s death, plus attempted murder for the second victim and discharging a firearm into an occupied vehicle. Hickden has been transferred to the Jefferson County Jail and is being held without bond. The relationship, if any, between Hickden and the victims has not been disclosed.

Does anyone who lived in or near Warrior Road that night have information about what led up to the shooting or who was involved?