D’Anthony Dejuan Jones, 22, was fatally shot in the early morning hours of August 20, 2024, in the 2100 block of Avenue I in the Ensley neighborhood of Birmingham. He was sitting in the passenger seat of a car when an unknown person fired multiple shots into the vehicle. Jones was taken to UAB Hospital and pronounced dead. The Birmingham Police Department opened a homicide investigation; no arrests or publicly identified suspects have been announced and authorities have not released a motive.

Jones was a former drum major at Bessemer City High School and a band member at Alabama State University who aspired to become a Birmingham firefighter. His mother has publicly pleaded for justice and called for changes to Alabama’s open-carry gun laws. Crime Stoppers of Metro Alabama has offered up to a $5,000 reward for information that leads to an arrest. His family continues to hold vigils and ask the public for help in finding answers.

If anyone has information about the shooting or recalls being in the 2100 block of Avenue I on the morning of August 20, 2024, please share what you know.