James Earl Rogers, a 27-year-old Black man, was found shot and unresponsive on 1st Street West in the West End neighborhood of Birmingham on Saturday, November 28, 2015. Medical personnel pronounced him dead at the scene; the Jefferson County Coroner’s Office later confirmed his identity.

The Birmingham Police Department opened a homicide investigation and began collecting evidence and seeking information from the public. The investigation is described as ongoing.

If anyone was in the West End on the evening of November 28, 2015, or has information about James Rogers’s death, please share what is known with the Birmingham Police Department.