On a Thursday morning in mid-December 2025, a shooting into an occupied vehicle near the intersection of Ensley Avenue and Pike Road in Birmingham, Alabama, left 22-year-old Levi Wells critically injured. He was taken to a local hospital and died of his injuries on December 18, 2025.

Birmingham police quickly identified and arrested a suspect, Austin Kimbro. Authorities initially charged Kimbro with attempted murder and shooting into an occupied vehicle while Wells was still hospitalized; after Wells died the charges were upgraded to capital murder. Kimbro remains in custody as the case moves forward.

What did readers in the area see or hear that morning around Ensley Avenue and Pike Road that could help piece together what happened?