A young man was killed by gunfire in a Birmingham apartment complex on the evening of Wednesday, August 5, 2026. Da’Vione Armand Adams, 24, was found wounded in the breezeway outside his second-floor apartment at the Park at Sunderland Apartments, 660 Valley Crest Drive, at about 8:31 p.m. First responders pronounced him dead at the scene less than twenty minutes later.

Birmingham Police describe the case as a homicide. Detectives were told an unknown assailant approached Adams as he stood outside his residence and opened fire, then fled before officers arrived. Investigators canvassed the complex for witnesses and sought surveillance footage from the area. No suspect has been publicly identified, no arrests have been announced, and no motive has been released.

Whoever may have heard or seen anything that night is asked to contact the Birmingham Police Department with information that could help solve this killing.