Manquel Mertez Whittsett, 38, was shot and later died after being found wounded by gunfire just before 1:00 a.m. on June 5, 2013, outside the Stonegate Apartment Complex off Lakeshore Parkway in Birmingham, Alabama. He was discovered in and around a black 2004 BMW 545I on Leaf Lake Boulevard after nearby residents reported hearing multiple shots in quick succession. Responders rushed him to UAB Hospital; he had been shot in the stomach and died shortly after arrival.

Birmingham police treated the death as a homicide and asked the public for help—seeking anyone who saw someone approach the car, heard an argument, spotted a fleeing vehicle, or noticed anything unusual around the time of the shooting. No suspect was publicly named and authorities said no arrests had been made, leaving the case unsolved as described in later updates.

Did anyone in the Stonegate or Leaf Lake Boulevard area that night see or hear something that could help explain what happened?