Rodney Johnson, a 19-year-old Black man from the Birmingham area, was mortally wounded by gunfire inside a vehicle on October 29, 2012. Officers who stopped a speeding white car in the 1900 block of Woodland Avenue found Johnson inside with a gunshot wound; he was rushed to UAB Hospital and pronounced dead shortly after arrival. An obituary identified him as Rodney Nigel Johnson Jr. of McCalla.

Police said the white vehicle had several bullet holes in the trunk and rear bumper and believed a round entered the back of the car and struck Johnson. While detectives were processing that scene, another driver reported shots fired into her vehicle nearby on Lomb Avenue and 12th Street Southwest; she was not injured. Investigators stated the shooting episode began before the traffic stop and were still trying to determine where the violence started. No named suspect or arrest has been reported.

Did anyone in the Birmingham area see or hear anything that night that could help explain where the shooting began or who opened fire?