Birmingham’s 1st murder of 2025 still unsolved: Clues sought in beloved Domino’s driver’s death

Domino’s pizza deliveryman Derek Marcus Burpo was gunned down on the first day of 2025, yet his killer or killers remain free.

The 51-year-old beloved employee, son, cousin and friend was shot to death just before 9 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 1, in the 400 block of Roebuck Drive on Birmingham’s east side.

Officers arrived to find Burpo, affectionately known by family as “Dink,” unresponsive outside of his car in front of a house on a private road. Birmingham Fire and Rescue Service pronounced him dead on the scene at 9:42 p.m…

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