BIRMINGHAM, Ala. ( WBRC ) - A Jefferson County grand jury has indicted a man in a 2024 homicide that took place at what police believed was a short-term rental (Airbnb) in Birmingham .

In March 2024, officers with the Birmingham Police Department’s responded to reports of a person shot at a residence in the 900 Block of Dugan Avenue around 2:35 a.m.

Police found 21-year-old Phong Nguyen at the scene. Birmingham Fire and Rescue arrived and pronounced Nguyen dead.

Nguyen was a member of the United States Army .

In March of 2025, Birmingham Police obtained two murder warrants for two men in connection to Nguyen’s death .

19-year-old Cameron Scales, of Bessemer, and 20-year-old Daveon Dortch, of Birmingham, were identified as the suspects.

Police shared that Scales was already

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