On June 13, 2026, 34-year-old Jorge Fonseca was shot and killed outside La Vida Barberia Spa y Estilismo on West Valley Avenue in Birmingham. The shooting happened shortly before 4 p.m. after Fonseca got into a physical altercation with an acquaintance in front of the barbershop. Paramedics found him with a gunshot wound and he was pronounced dead on the sidewalk despite life-saving measures.

Family members were reportedly inside the barbershop and witnessed the shooting. The suspected shooter fled but was arrested about 15 minutes later and identified as 36-year-old Magdaleno Mendoza Jr. He was booked the evening of June 13, 2026, on a charge of Capital Murder that included a specification the crime occurred in the presence of a child under 14. The Birmingham Police Department opened a homicide investigation.

Did anyone in the area see the altercation or have information about what led to the fight that afternoon?