Suspect charged with capital murder in weekend killing of 49-year-old man in Bessemer

By Carol Robinson

A suspect has been charged in the weekend shooting death of a 49-year-old man in Bessemer.

Michael J. Larkin, 34, is charged with capital murder in the slaying of Andre Taylor.

Officers were dispatched at 5:35 a.m. Saturday to a report of a shooting at 18th Street and 18th Way in Bessemer, said Det. Justin Burmeister.

They arrived to find Taylor unresponsive inside a vehicle. He was pronounced dead on the scene at 5:47 a.m.

Larkin was quickly taken into custody. After formal warrants were obtained, he was booked into the Jefferson County Jail at 10:03 a.m. Sunday.

He is being held without bond.

Burmeister said the two were acquaintances, but a motive has not yet been determined. The charge is capital because Taylor was in a vehicle when he was fatally shot.

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