Christopher Lawson was a 36-year-old Black man who was found dead in his car after a shooting in Birmingham’s East Lake neighborhood. On Saturday evening, February 2, 2019, emergency responders discovered a vehicle in the 7700 block of Second Avenue South that had struck a curb and a chain-link fence. Lawson was unresponsive in the driver’s seat and had sustained a gunshot wound; he was pronounced dead at the scene.

Investigators determined the shooting likely occurred at a different location and that Lawson had been attempting to drive away when he crashed. The circumstances that led to the shooting were not immediately clear.

If anyone in East Lake on February 2, 2019, witnessed unusual activity or has information about where the shooting may have occurred, please come forward.