Stephone Lamar Jemison died after a late-evening shooting during a verbal altercation at a home on Avenue Z in Ensley. The shooting occurred just before 11 p.m. on June 26, 2020; Jemison was taken by emergency services to UAB Hospital and was pronounced dead from gunshot wounds.

The Birmingham Police Department opened a homicide investigation and later reviewed the circumstances of the altercation. In September 2020 investigators concluded the shooting was an act of self-defense and ruled Jemison’s death justifiable; no charges were filed. This was recorded as the 12th homicide in Birmingham that year to be ruled justifiable.

Are there witnesses or anyone with information about the events on Avenue Z that night who can help clarify what happened?