Arthur Douglas Hudson, 54, was shot and killed in Birmingham, Alabama, late on the night of June 4, 2019. Police report the incident began just after 11 p.m. when officers conducting a traffic stop saw a red Ford F-150 speed past. The truck stopped abruptly, the driver ran behind a nearby house, and officers then heard gunshots. Hudson, who had been shot twice, was found attempting to climb over a fence; officers attempted to render aid but he was pronounced dead at the scene.

The driver was identified as Mercutio Southall Jr. A woman described as his sister, a passenger in the truck, was treated for lacerations. Southall was arrested and initially charged with manslaughter; a grand jury later returned an indictment for murder in March 2020 and the case was then moving through the courts. Did anyone in Birmingham see the red Ford F-150 or the events near that house that night?