On the late afternoon of October 5, 2019, 47-year-old Miko Steadman Marks was riding as a passenger in a vehicle driven by her son in Bessemer, Alabama. While crossing the Mary Susan Bryant Bridge on Ninth Avenue North another vehicle pulled alongside and an occupant opened fire. Marks was struck; her son was not injured.

Her son attempted to drive her to medical care but crashed at the intersection of Ninth Avenue North and 19th Street North. Emergency services transported Marks to UAB Hospital, where she was pronounced dead at 5:32 p.m. The Bessemer Police Department opened an investigation into the drive-by shooting. No arrests have been announced and the motive remains unknown.

If anyone has information about who was in the other vehicle or why this shooting occurred, please share what you know with investigators.