A late-night fight in east Birmingham ended with a fatal shooting on June 22, 2025. Demetrius Cortez Trannon, 34, was involved in a physical altercation in the 8000 block of Fifth Avenue South that escalated around 11:25 p.m. Officers arriving for a reported fight found Trannon unresponsive on a front porch with a gunshot wound; Birmingham Fire and Rescue pronounced him dead at 11:42 p.m.

The person who had been involved in the altercation remained at the scene and was taken to police headquarters for questioning. After the investigation, the Jefferson County District Attorney’s Office concluded the use of lethal force was justified and the death was ruled a justifiable homicide, so the matter was not pursued as a criminal case by the Birmingham Police Department.

Are there witnesses or neighbors who saw the disturbance that night and haven't spoken to investigators?