Ricardo Phillip Watkins, 21, was found shot to death and pronounced dead at the scene at 6:22 a.m. on February 5, 2019. His body was discovered by a passerby on a sidewalk in the 1600 block of First Avenue South, near Railroad Park in Birmingham. Police initially noted he had an address in eastern Birmingham and at first thought he might be transient.

Investigators said they were uncertain whether he was killed at that location or moved there afterward, and the circumstances leading up to his death have not been released. Friends and family, who referred to him as Rico, remembered him as generous and able to lift others’ spirits; online memorials reflected the grief his death caused. The homicide investigation remains open.

Did anyone in the Birmingham area see or hear anything that morning that could help this case?