Demetrice Darnell Beverly, 39, was shot dead on the evening of August 13, 2025, at the Lakeshore Ridge apartment complex in the Sand Ridge neighborhood of Birmingham, Alabama. Known as Meat, Beverly was an A.H. Parker High School alumnus who had returned to serve as an assistant football coach; he was a husband and father of three daughters and was respected in his community for mentoring young athletes.

According to reports, Beverly was visiting a female friend when her boyfriend, 23-year-old De’Corlion Keshaun Robinson, arrived and a confrontation followed. Officers responding to a 911 call around 9 p.m. found Beverly unresponsive in a bedroom; he was pronounced dead at the scene shortly after 9:26 p.m. Robinson was located in the apartment complex parking lot, arrested and charged with murder and unlawful possession of a machine gun conversion device. He was booked in the Jefferson County Jail, initially held without bond and later given bond of $165,000. Defense speculation that the shooting might be framed as a heat-of-passion incident seeking a manslaughter reduction has been mentioned.

Beverly’s family and the community have been left grieving a coach and father described as devoted and influential. Did anyone in the Sand Ridge area see or hear anything that night that could shed light on what happened?