Lamodrick Michael Lovejoy, a 54-year-old Black man, was found with a gunshot wound in eastern Birmingham late on the night of February 19, 2026. He was taken to a nearby hospital but died of his injuries.

Police investigated the shooting and, in the days that followed, identified and arrested a suspect who was charged in connection with Lovejoy’s death. Authorities say the circumstances that led to the deadly encounter remain under investigation as they reconstruct what happened that night.

If anyone was in that area of eastern Birmingham on the night of February 19 or has information about what led up to this shooting, please share what you know with the Birmingham police.