Harold McArthur King, 55, was fatally shot during the day on December 13, 2025, at a gas station in the West Brownville neighborhood of Birmingham, Alabama. The location had been the scene of another deadly shooting less than two months earlier, heightening concern about violence at that establishment. The Jefferson County Coroner’s Office identified King and worked to notify next of kin.

The Birmingham Police Department responded and investigators quickly gathered evidence and followed leads that pointed to a suspect living in nearby Bessemer. On December 15, 2025, police arrested a Bessemer man and charged him with murder. Motive and the precise sequence of events that led to the shooting were still under investigation.

If anyone knew King or witnessed the shooting at the West Brownville gas station, please share what you know with investigators.