BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Federal authorities say they have arrested a man accused in the June murder of an Alabama woman.
The U.S. Marshall’s Office tells AL.com that 31-year-old Antwaun “Bird” Rodgers has been charged with murder in the death of Tamika Washington. Rodgers was arrested Friday morning in west Birmingham.
Authorities say the 23-year-old Washington was fatally shot outside her home in the Demetrius Newtown public housing community on June 20 while she stood on the front porch.
Rodgers is being held in the Jefferson County Jail on bond. Online jail records didn’t indicate an attorney for Chapman.