Aaron Romel Johnson was 18 when he was shot to death on February 6, 2020, on the 2300 block of 27th Street in Ensley, Birmingham. Officers found him unresponsive near the front steps of a house; Birmingham Fire and Rescue pronounced him dead at the scene and the Jefferson County Coroner’s Office later identified him. Early reports say Johnson did not live at the house where he was killed.

Initial accounts describe a suspect approaching Johnson and another person for reasons that were not immediately clear, an argument or a fight breaking out, and gunfire following. Police said the gunman fled on foot and had not been located in the first hours.

Did anyone in Ensley see what happened that night or know Aaron’s movements in the hours before the shooting?