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Samdrekus Eugene Bester (Birmingham police)

Police on Saturday arrested a man in connection with a Friday morning homicide at a southwest Birmingham apartment complex.

Samdrekus Eugene Bester, 33, was taken into custody by members of the Birmingham Crime Reduction Team at an area hotel, according to police. He is charged with murder and being held in the Jefferson County Jail without bond.

Caudereo Tyrell Roseman, 28, was shot multiple times in the 1700 block of Alameda Court at around 3:15 a.m. Friday, Birmingham police Sgt. Danny Woodard said.

When police arrived on the scene, the victim's family had already driven him to Princeton Baptist Medical Center.

Because of the severity of his injuries, he was transferred to UAB Hospital where he was pronounced dead.

Woodard said there was an eyewitness to the shooting.

Police say the shooting stemmed from a heated, verbal altercation between the two men.

"Unfortunately, these two men could not solve their differences without involving violence,'' spokesman Lt. Sean Edwards said. "So sad."

Witnesses told police a black man shot the victim multiple times and ran from the scene.

Roseman is Birmingham's 38th homicide victim this year. Of those, at least four have been ruled justifiable.

Court records show Bester was charged with attempted murder in 2004, and pleaded guilty in Jefferson County to the lesser charge of second-degree assault the following year.

A 10 year prison sentenced was suspended, and Bester was ordered to serve 18 months in state prison followed by three years of probation.

Details of that charge weren't immediately available.

Bester was also acquitted of first-degree robbery charges in 2003.

In November 2014, Bester pleaded guilty in Jefferson County to possession of a controlled substance second-degree after initially being charged with trafficking in illegal drugs, court records show. He was sentenced to serve two years of probation.