Amaiyah Sumlin, a 23-year-old Black woman from Birmingham, Alabama, was shot during a gathering in the early morning of Sunday, April 6, 2025. Officers arrived about 6:18 a.m. at the 2800 block of Riverview Road and found Sumlin with a gunshot wound. Birmingham Fire and Rescue transported her to UAB Hospital with life-threatening injuries.

A 22-year-old Birmingham woman named Ivry Jelks voluntarily surrendered later that day and was held on a 48-hour felony extension. An Attempted Murder warrant was issued April 7 after detectives presented information to the Shelby County District Attorney’s Office. Sumlin died of her injuries on Saturday, April 12, 2025, and the charge against Jelks was upgraded to murder; she was held without bond at the Shelby County Jail.

The homicide investigation remained ongoing in April 2025. If anyone has information about the case, contact the Birmingham Police Department Homicide Unit at 205-254-1764 or Crime Stoppers at 205-254-7777.

Did anyone witness the gathering on Riverview Road that morning or have information about what led to the fight?