Tykirel Jordan is charged in the slaying of 32-year-old Alpatrick McKinstry. The charge is capital offense because McKinstry was killed in the presence of four of his children, including one shared by Jordan and McKinstry.(Jefferson County Jail/Contributed)

Testimony began today in the capital murder trial for a 27-year-old woman charged in the 2022 Birmingham shooting death of the father of her young daughter.

Tykirel Jordan is charged in the slaying of 32-year-old Alpatrick McKinstry.

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