Robert Lee Prowell Jr, a 22-year-old Black man from Birmingham, was found gravely wounded after a shooting in the Arlington-West End area of west Birmingham in the early morning hours. Officers located him lying in the roadway near the 800 block of 6th Street Southwest, close to Lomb Avenue and McMillon Avenue, with multiple gunshot wounds around 2:30 a.m.

In the days after the shooting, investigators released images seeking two people they believed had information. That effort led to an arrest less than two weeks later when Birmingham police announced Otto Alexander Smith, 24, of Birmingham, had been taken into custody and detectives obtained a capital murder warrant; local reports said Smith was being held in Jefferson County Jail without bond. The second person sought was described only as someone believed to have information, with no separate arrest or charge detailed. The public trail documents the shooting and the arrest but does not set out a later courtroom outcome.

If anyone knew Robert, was with him that night, or has information about the shooting, please share what can help investigators.