On the night of Monday, December 22, 2025, officers responded to the 3400 block of Boise Avenue in Birmingham, Alabama, after reports of a shooting. First responders found 21-year-old DAndre Latrell Sowell Jr. suffering from gunshot wounds; he died despite emergency efforts, just days before the Christmas holiday. Detectives opened an immediate homicide investigation into the late-evening attack.

In the days after the shooting investigators identified two people believed to be responsible. Police arrested 21-year-old Christian Robinson of Bessemer and a 17-year-old female whose name has been withheld because of her age. Warrants charging both with murder were obtained, and both were booked into the Jefferson County Jail and ordered held without bond as they awaited further proceedings.

Anyone who saw activity on Boise Avenue that night or who has information about what led to Sowell’s death is asked to come forward.