Mya Parker

In the predawn hours of a Sunday morning in Birmingham, Alabama, the life of Mya Parker, a 19-year-old Black woman, was ended by gunfire. The fatal shooting occurred on May 26, 2024, in an incident that also left a second woman wounded.

Around 4:30 a.m., Birmingham Police Department officers responded to a call about a shooting in the Graymont community. At the intersection of 10th Street West and Graymont Avenue, they discovered a car that had gone off the roadway. Inside the vehicle, they found Mya Parker and another woman, both suffering from gunshot wounds.

Emergency services transported both victims to a local hospital for treatment. Medical staff were unable to save Mya Parker, and she died from her injuries. The second victim was treated for injuries described by police as non-life-threatening.

The investigation into the homicide led to a suspect turning himself in to police custody that same weekend. Authorities identified him as 23-year-old Jeremiah Pressley, also of Birmingham. He was subsequently charged with capital murder, with the specific element of the charge noting that the victim was inside a vehicle. As of late May 2024, Pressley was being held in the Jefferson County Jail without bond.