Frederick Demond Robertson Jr, a 23-year-old Black man, was shot and killed in the early morning of December 9, 2025, while seated in a parked car on Fifth Avenue West in the Bush Hills neighborhood of Birmingham, Alabama. An unknown assailant approached the vehicle and opened fire, striking the car multiple times. Emergency crews found Robertson unresponsive in the front seat shortly before 6:00 a.m.; the Jefferson County Coroner’s Office pronounced him dead at 6:22 a.m.

A second man in the vehicle survived but was wounded and taken to a nearby hospital. The Birmingham Police Department opened a homicide investigation; as of the days after the shooting no motive had been established and no suspects had been identified or arrested. Anyone who was in the area that morning or who has information is asked to contact Crime Stoppers.