On the morning of September 14, 2014, 35-year-old Israil Gervacio Velasquez, a Hispanic male, was fatally shot in the 1500 block of Bessemer Road in Birmingham, Alabama. Police found a car stopped in the middle of the road and both Velasquez and a female companion on the ground; both had been shot. Emergency services transported them to UAB Hospital, where Velasquez was pronounced dead and the woman was listed in critical condition.

Birmingham homicide investigators opened an inquiry and asked the public and Crime Stoppers for help. No public announcements about arrests or identified suspects have been made. The circumstances that led to the shooting were not released and there has been no reported resolution.

If anyone has information about what happened that morning or knew Israil, please contact Birmingham homicide investigators or Crime Stoppers.