Pervis Andre Polk Jr., a 17-year-old Black male from Birmingham, was killed in a daylight double homicide on November 16, 2017, in the city’s Woodlawn neighborhood. He was found near a bullet-riddled car at the intersection of 9th Avenue North and 51st Street North alongside 51-year-old Jocklyn Manley, who was also fatally wounded. The Jefferson County coroner later identified both victims.

The scene showed numerous shots had been fired, but publicly released accounts did not explain why Polk and Manley were together, who was driving, whether either had been inside the vehicle when shooting began, or if they tried to flee. Birmingham police treated the deaths as a double homicide but initially named no suspect and gave no confirmed motive; no arrests were announced in the immediate aftermath.

Despite the daylight location and multiple witnesses likely nearby, reports available here do not indicate a suspect, charge, or established sequence of events that led to the killings. Does anyone who knew Pervis Polk or Jocklyn Manley, or who was in Woodlawn that day, have information that could help clarify what happened?