Demetrius Wright, a 31-year-old Black man, was fatally wounded in Birmingham on the night of August 22, 2020. Just after 2:00 a.m. officers responding to a reported fight found Wright inside a vehicle, injured and disoriented; he was taken to UAB Hospital and later died of his injuries. Authorities treated the incident as the city’s 66th homicide that year.

Detectives initially believed Wright had been involved in a physical altercation with a woman in the roadway when he was wounded, and the Birmingham Police Department opened a homicide investigation. In the days after the killing, police asked anyone with information to contact the B.P.D. Homicide Unit or Crime Stoppers. No public announcement about arrests or identified suspects has been made.

If anyone knew Demetrius, witnessed the altercation that night, or has information that could help the investigation, please contact the B.P.D. Homicide Unit or Crime Stoppers.