A celebration at a house party in Birmingham’s Inglenook neighborhood ended in tragedy on the night of September 19, 2025. James Burns, a 21-year-old Pinson native and Pinson Valley High School graduate, was shot after an argument at the gathering and later died at a nearby hospital despite medical efforts.

First responders found Burns with a gunshot wound at the scene. The Birmingham Police Department opened an investigation and identified a person of interest who was taken into custody; that individual has been publicly named and is facing charges connected to Burns’s death. Friends and family are left coping with the sudden loss of a young man known affectionately to those who knew him.

If anyone attended the party or has information about what led to the shooting, please share what you know with investigators.