Antione ’Twin’ Collier, a 29-year-old Black man, was killed in a daylight shooting in Birmingham, Alabama on October 17, 2017. The attack happened just before 1:30 p.m. in the parking lot of an Exxon service station as Collier and his girlfriend were about to enter the convenience store. Two unidentified gunmen fired more than 40 rounds; Collier died on the sidewalk, his girlfriend was unharmed, and a woman in her 50s was critically injured as an innocent bystander.

Authorities believe Collier was the intended target. The killing followed a violent six-month stretch in which Collier had been shot on ten separate occasions. Law enforcement were familiar with him because of prior involvement in criminal activity, including robberies of drug dealers, and reports say in at least two prior shootings he was stealing narcotics from another individual. His mother, Kimberly Flowers, had sought help from the Birmingham Police Department’s Violence Reduction Initiative, and Collier once texted an officer from a hospital bed expressing remorse and a desire to speak to young Black males about violence before returning to his previous lifestyle after release.

Two Black men were seen fleeing the scene in an unknown vehicle. No arrests have been made and the homicide remains unsolved. Does anyone have information about the shooting, the suspects, or the vehicle involved?