On the evening of August 29, 2019, 78-year-old Louis ’Louie’ Charles Zicarelli was shot after answering a knock at his front door at a home on 9th Court Circle South in the Roebuck Springs area of Birmingham, Alabama. Responding officers found him unresponsive in the front room; Birmingham Fire and Rescue and the Jefferson County Coroner’s Office pronounced him deceased. His family remembers him for a friendly, outgoing manner and a warm smile.

Investigators determined the assailant or assailants stole Zicarelli’s car after the shooting. A break in the case came on September 11, 2019, when Vestavia Hills police located and pursued the stolen vehicle and took the driver into custody. The arrested person was identified as 18-year-old Eric Kindred, and warrants were issued linking him to Zicarelli’s death; charges of capital murder, theft of property, and burglary were filed and he was held at the Jefferson County Jail.

If anyone in the Roebuck Springs area remembers activity around 9th Court Circle South on the night of August 29 or saw the stolen vehicle afterward, please come forward with what you know.