John Byron Roulaine, 51, was fatally shot inside his van in the early morning hours of August 11, 2025, in the 5500 block of First Avenue North in Birmingham’s Georgia Road neighborhood. He had been preparing to leave for his job with ADW Temporary Staffing when a violent confrontation ended with him found deceased at the scene at about 4:30 a.m. Authorities said an assailant fled after the shooting.

For a week the case had no named suspect. On August 18, 2025, the Birmingham Police Department’s Crime Reduction Team identified 35-year-old Harold Dailey as a person of interest and located him in New Orleans. Working with the FBI’s North Alabama Safe Streets Task Force and the New Orleans Violent Crime Squad, officers arrested Dailey without incident in the 1100 block of Oretha Castle Haley Boulevard; he was booked on an outstanding capital murder warrant and was to be extradited to Birmingham. Officials described the shooting as believed to be targeted.

If anyone knew Roulaine, saw activity in the 5500 block of First Avenue North on August 11, or has information about Dailey’s movements before the arrest, please come forward.