On June 8, 2025, 43-year-old Willie Huey Smith Jr, known to some as Birdman Jr., was fatally shot outside a home on First Avenue in Prichard, Mobile County. The Mobile County Sheriff’s Office reports Smith suffered multiple gunshot wounds during a violent confrontation that left the community reeling.

Investigators focused on a Mobile man named Carrie Robbins, who was arrested and later brought before a Mobile County judge for a preliminary hearing. The judge found sufficient cause to send the case to a grand jury, which will decide whether to indict Robbins on a murder charge. The motive has not been released.

Smith’s family and friends continue to mourn. If anyone witnessed the shooting on First Avenue or has information about the events leading up to June 8, please share what you know with the Mobile County Sheriff’s Office.