Nicholas Marquise Cunningham, 34, was shot and killed in Lipscomb, Alabama, on the evening of November 12, 2021. The assault occurred at about 8:30 p.m. in the 200 block of Woodward Estates; emergency responders found Cunningham already deceased and the Jefferson County Coroner’s Office listed a gunshot wound as the cause of death. An Army veteran, Cunningham’s death was one of several violent homicides in Jefferson County at that time that prompted concern about rising gun violence.

The Lipscomb Police Department and the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office opened a homicide investigation. If anyone has information about Cunningham, his movements that evening, or the area around Woodward Estates, please contact investigators.