On the evening of September 12, 2019, a double shooting in the Ensley neighborhood of Birmingham, Alabama, left 18-year-old Javaruise Lerico Lewis dead. Birmingham Police Department West Precinct officers found two male victims with gunshot wounds; Lewis was pronounced dead at the scene by Birmingham Fire and Rescue personnel. The second victim was transported to a nearby hospital with life-threatening injuries.

Authorities launched an investigation but released few details about what led to the shooting. No information about a motive, persons of interest, or arrests has been provided in connection with Lewis’s death. The circumstances of the shooting and the identity of anyone responsible remain unresolved.

If anyone has information about what happened that night or knew Javaruise, please come forward and share what you know.