On August 5, 2021, Ellis Lewis Embry, 66, was found dead inside a residence in the 1000 block of 42nd Place North in Birmingham after police responded to reports of gunfire. Officers located Embry in a hallway with an apparent gunshot wound. In the same house’s kitchen, 49-year-old Timothy Lashawn Erby was also found fatally shot. Both men were pronounced dead at the scene by Birmingham Fire and Rescue.

Birmingham Police investigated the double homicide but the case went cold with no arrests publicly announced and no suspects identified. The FBI’s Birmingham Field Office later joined the effort and announced a reward of up to $10,000 for information leading to an arrest and conviction in the case.

Who knew Ellis Embry or Timothy Erby, or who might have information about the events of August 5, 2021?