Corey Lavel Tremble, 38, was found fatally shot in an alley behind the post office on 17th Street and Avenue G in the Ensley community of Birmingham on Thursday, July 17, 2025. Emergency crews pronounced Tremble dead at the scene after he was discovered with at least one gunshot wound during a morning burst of gunfire that also made him the city’s second homicide in hours.

Birmingham police launched an investigation at the scene and identified a suspect in the hours after the shooting. Julius Johnson was arrested, charged with murder and weapons offenses, and held without bond at the Jefferson County Jail. Authorities say the motive remained under investigation.

Did anyone in Ensley see or hear anything that morning that could help investigators piece together what happened?