20-year-old woman is 4th black suspect charged in livestreamed killing of Birmingham mother Asia Poole

A fourth person has been charged in last week’s deadly shooting at a 
Birmingham apartment complex that was captured live in Facebook videos.

Aacoreyah Denae Woods, 20, was taken into custody Tuesday in connection 
with the slaying of 21-year-old Asia Alyce Poole. She is charged with 
murder, attempted murder and two counts of discharging a firearm into an 
occupied dwelling or vehicle.

Poole’s best friend was wounded in the shooting but survived.

Woods was booked into the Jefferson County Jail 10:28 a.m., jail records 
show. She is being held without bond.

Birmingham police on Friday announced the arrests of Justin Jamond 
Hendrix, 20, and Taylor McCloud, 22, on the same charges. Both also remain 
held without bond.

Janiyah Hendrix, 19, who was fighting with Poole before the shots rang 
out, is charged with first-degree auto theft after authorities say she 
fled the chaotic scene in Poole’s co.

Janiyah Hendrix and Justin Hendrix are siblings. Their father was shot to 
death in 2022 when he stopped at a Homewood ATM on his way home from 
church.

Poole’s acquaintances said there was an ongoing dispute between her and 
Janiyah Hendrix over a man.

It culminated one week ago when the two women got into a fight in the 
parking lot.

The fight escalated into a brawl and a shootout at the Monarch Ridge 
apartment complex on Gallant Drive, which was formerly known as Valley 
Brook.

The video showed Poole in a brawl that began with Janiyah Hendrix and 
later involved multiple people.

It appeared to start near Poole’s vehicle in the parking lot and then 
moved to a breezeway in one of the apartment buildings before a hail of 
gunfire erupted.

The fight and subsequent shooting were captured on Facebook live videos.

Birmingham police responded to Monarch Ridge about 10 p.m. The initial 
calls were of shots fired, and then officers were updated that someone had 
been shot, said Sgt. LaQuitta Wade.

When officers arrived, they found Poole unresponsive near in the breezeway 
of her own apartment building. Birmingham firefighters pronounced her dead 
on the scene at 10:31 p.m.

Poole, a Monarch Ridge resident, left behind a daughter who started pre-
kindergarten this week. The child’s 21-year-old father died on July 26.

Poole had posted her own live video from the parking lot shortly before 
the fight.

After the shooting, the heartbreaking cries of Poole’s brother and sister 
could be heard on the videos.

Poole’s friend was taken to UAB Hospital with non-life-threatening 
injuries. He was shot in the leg and has since been released from the 
hospital.

Wade said investigators learned that after the fight moved to the 
breezeway, it appeared to have been broken up. Moments later, the shots 
rang out.

After the shooting, Janiyah Hendrix reportedly fled in Poole’s Ford sedan. 
That, too, was captured on video. Witnesses said Poole’s car was already 
running when Poole jumped in and sped away.

The stolen vehicle was found abandoned in the parking lot of J Wings on 
Center Point Parkway.

The stolen car was found abandoned in the parking lot of J Wings on Center 
Point Parkway a short time later.

Police said they documented 168 rounds fired.

Residents and witnesses said described the shooting as “something out of a 
movie” and said it appeared to be premeditated.

There were multiple shooters, they said, some wearing masks and armed with 
assault-type rifles and guns with Glock switches.

“They came for this,” said one resident, who asked that her name not be 
used for fear of retaliation. “They were so organized. They had everything 
blocked off, everyone corralled in.”

The investigation is ongoing.

Police ask anyone with information or additional videos of the incident to 
call detectives at 205-254-1764 or Crime Stoppers at 205-254-7777.

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