In the early morning hours of January 5, 2019, 46-year-old Charles Robert Reese of Birmingham was shot near 16th Street and Avenue V. Officers from the West Precinct found a potential crime scene in the 2500 block of 16th Street but Reese had already been taken by a private vehicle to UAB Hospital. He underwent surgery but later died of his injuries.

Authorities identified 27-year-old Roderick King as a suspect. A murder warrant was issued, and King was taken into custody and booked into the Jefferson County Jail on January 18, 2019. In September 2019 a Jefferson County Grand Jury indicted King for murder in connection with Reese’s death. Funeral services for Reese were held January 11, 2019, at Olivet Monumental Baptist Church, with burial at Oakland Memorial Gardens.