Victor Colin was 19 and from Birmingham when he was shot dead in the predawn hours of May 28, 2019, in the Ensley neighborhood. A ShotSpotter alert brought officers to the 2500 block of Bush Boulevard about 6:29 a.m., where they found him unresponsive; Birmingham Fire and Rescue and the Jefferson County Coroner pronounced him dead. Investigators believe he was chased from the 2500 block of Pike Road before being shot and left on Bush Boulevard.

Early reports said detectives thought someone may have been with Victor just before the shooting but that person had gone from the scene as the first sirens arrived; K-9 units searched nearby businesses and wooded areas. No arrests or suspect names were publicly confirmed in those initial updates, and police described the case as an active homicide investigation. If anyone saw the chase or anything around Bush Boulevard that morning, please come forward with what was seen or heard.