A family dispute in Birmingham turned deadly on November 16, 2025. In the Riley neighborhood on Maple Avenue Southwest, 59-year-old Richard Dwayne Freeman was shot after a verbal argument with a younger male relative. Neighbors reported a disturbance just before 4 p.m., followed by gunfire. Officers who responded to the 3500 block of Maple Avenue found Freeman with a serious gunshot wound; Birmingham Fire and Rescue crews took him to UAB Hospital, where he was later pronounced dead.

Investigators focused on a suspect quickly. Authorities detained an individual soon after the shooting and, on November 18, identified him as 35-year-old Emmanuel Turner of Birmingham, described as Freeman’s nephew. Turner was arrested in the 1700 block of First Avenue North and charged with murder; he was being held in the Jefferson County Jail without bond, and police said no other suspects were being sought.

Did anyone in the Riley neighborhood see or hear anything that afternoon that could help explain how the argument escalated?