Eric Alexander Gunn Jr was 23 when he was fatally shot on the evening of Thursday, May 16, 2019, in Birmingham, Alabama. The shooting occurred at the Village Market in the 7700 block of Second Avenue South, where Gunn worked. Reports say an altercation began inside the store and escalated into the parking lot; a call about a person shot brought officers from the East Precinct to the scene.

Officers found Gunn unresponsive in the store’s doorway with a gunshot wound, and Birmingham Fire and Rescue Service pronounced him dead at the scene. His death was one of two homicides reported in Birmingham that day. Authorities later sought a person of interest and appealed to the public for information, but there have been no public announcements resolving the investigation.

If anyone has information about what happened at the Village Market that night, please share what you know with investigators.