Ladarius Cooper, 29, was fatally shot in Birmingham, Alabama, on October 5, 2017. A Shot Spotter alert brought police to the 1400 block of Avenue R in the Ensley neighborhood just before 6 p.m., where officers found a car crashed into a utility pole. Cooper, a Black/African American male, was inside the vehicle with a gunshot wound and was pronounced dead at the scene; the Jefferson County Coroner’s Office later ruled the death a homicide.

Officers observed another person fleeing the wrecked car, though that person’s identity and role were not clear in the initial investigation. Authorities stated they believed the shooting was not random and that Cooper was likely targeted, and the Birmingham Police Department said detectives were following promising leads as the city’s 89th homicide of the year.

If anyone has information about what happened on Avenue R that evening or recognizes the incident details, please share what you know with investigators.