Curtis Jerome Pruitt, 65, was shot and killed while seated in his SUV on Center Street North in Birmingham on the afternoon of Sunday, July 20, 2025. First responders found him with a gunshot wound; he was transported to a local hospital and pronounced dead. The attack occurred in broad daylight when a lone assailant approached Pruitt’s vehicle on foot, fired, and then fled.

The Birmingham Police Department opened a homicide investigation and, in the days after the shooting, identified a person of interest from nearby Hueytown who was taken into custody in connection with the killing. Motive has not been released and the identity of the person taken into custody and any formal charges have not been made public.

Did anyone in Birmingham or Hueytown see activity on Center Street North that afternoon or have information about the suspect’s movements before or after the shooting?