A late-summer party in Alabaster, Alabama, ended in gunfire that killed 27-year-old Rakeem Shields. The shooting occurred in the early morning hours of September 20, 2020, when shots were fired into a crowd of partygoers. Shields was fatally wounded and a woman suffered a critical gunshot injury to her head.

Alabaster police identified four suspects: Kajuan Robert Nelson Cassidy, Christian Dayne Thrift, Vontarious Dameko Brown, and Anfernee Jordan Brown. Court records state the four arrived at the party at about 1:30 a.m. and began firing into the crowd. Initial attempted murder charges related to the wounded woman were later upgraded to include reckless murder and intentional murder in connection with Shields’s death.

If anyone attended that party or has information about the shooting, please share what was seen or heard that night.