A family Easter gathering in Bessemer, Alabama, ended in a double homicide on Sunday, April 4, 2021. Police were called at about 7:30 p.m. after gunfire at a home; when officers arrived Kendrick Felix Morrisette, 22, had been fatally shot and was pronounced dead at the scene. A second victim, 27-year-old Kamisha Malea Davis, was transported to a nearby hospital and later died of her wounds.

Bessemer Police detectives interviewed several people who had been at the gathering and described witnesses as cooperating, but no suspects were named immediately and no arrests were announced in the days following the shooting. The investigation remained active as authorities sought to determine what led to the violence that turned an Easter celebration into a tragedy.

If anyone at the gathering or in the neighborhood has information that could help identify who opened fire that evening, contact the Bessemer Police Department.