Geneisha Shanee Brooks, a 34-year-old Black woman from Birmingham, Alabama, was found with a gunshot wound in an apartment complex in the Forestdale area in the early morning hours of March 3, 2025. Deputies responded around 4:16 a.m.; she was taken to UAB Hospital but died within the hour. The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office is handling the investigation.

Investigators initially considered the possibility the wound was self-inflicted, but as the inquiry continued the circumstances remained unclear and the matter is being treated as a death investigation. No arrests or publicly identified suspects have been announced. Brooks was the daughter of Ronald Atkins and Dollgenean Brooks; funeral services were held at Tower Christian Church and she was buried at Zion Memorial Gardens in Birmingham.

If anyone in the Forestdale area that night saw anything or has information about what happened, please come forward to the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office.