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Birmingham police charged Ernesto Gama Pablo with capital murder in the shooting death of Isaiah Hosanna.
AL.com reported that Ernesto Gama Pablo, 20, of Fort Payne, is charged with capital murder in the Sept. 28, 2026, killing of Isaiah Hosanna, 20, outside a McDonald's on Bessemer Road. He is also charged with attempted murder and discharging a firearm into an occupied vehicle, and he is being held without bond.
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Capital murder is a charge. It is not a conviction. AL.com and ABC 33/40 reported Pablo and a 17-year-old were arrested Tuesday in Decatur. The teenager has not been named, and AL.com said he had not yet been charged. A second man was wounded and survived.
AL.com reported that Hosanna and others arranged to meet someone outside the restaurant in the 2200 block of Bessemer Road just before 9 p.m. on Sept. 28. Sgt. LaQuitta Wade said that when the meeting ended, the suspect started shooting. Hosanna was taken to UAB Hospital and pronounced dead at 9:27 p.m. A second man later arrived at UAB with injuries that were not life-threatening. Police have not named him. AL.com reported Hosanna was a 2024 graduate of Hoover High School and worked at a Jack's restaurant in Hoover.
ABC 33/40 reported that Birmingham police's Violent Crime Apprehension Team, with help from Decatur police, arrested Pablo and a 17-year-old male in Decatur on Tuesday, Oct. 6. Pablo is in the Jefferson County Jail without bond on the capital murder, attempted murder, and discharging counts. AL.com reported the 17-year-old was held at the Birmingham City Jail on a 48-hour felony hold and had not yet been charged. His name is not in this story.
The charges against Pablo are accusations. The juvenile's custody status is not a conviction either. All defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
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