Davi Junior Escalunte Ramirez was 20 when he was shot and killed in the dark early hours of May 20, 2019, near the corner of 5th Avenue South and 1st Street South in Birmingham. Police were dispatched at about 1:14 to 1:15 a.m., found him with a gunshot wound at the scene, and he was pronounced dead there.

In the weeks after the killing there were no suspects in custody, and police asked the public for information. On July 1, 2019, investigators announced an arrest: 25-year-old Darion Crawford of Fairfield was being held in the Jefferson County Jail on a murder warrant with bond set at $100,000. The shooting briefly drew attention and then faded from local headlines.

If anyone has information about Ramirez’s movements that night or witnessed activity near 5th Avenue South and 1st Street South, please share what is known.