A violent shooting in Birmingham’s Ensley neighborhood on July 23, 2025, left 32-year-old Devin Wayne Hughes dead. Hughes, a White male, was driving with two passengers when someone opened fire on the vehicle. Hughes was wounded but tried to flee; his sedan later crashed into a tree in the 4100 block of Avenue L. His two passengers were unharmed, exited the wreck, and flagged down a police officer. Authorities found Hughes in the car; he was pronounced dead at the scene from a gunshot wound. Investigators believe the shooting occurred nearby and that Hughes crashed while attempting to escape.

In the days after the killing police questioned multiple people and then arrested a suspect named Cameron Jackson. Jackson was charged with capital murder and is being held in the Jefferson County Jail without bond. The motive has not been released.

Did anyone in Ensley see the vehicle or the shooting that night, or have information about how this encounter began?