On Monday, May 17, 2021, 25-year-old U.S. Army Sergeant Tavarius Hampton was fatally shot in the 7700 block of 6th Avenue South in Birmingham, Alabama. Witnesses reported Hampton left a bag on a porch shortly before 1 p.m.; when the home’s occupants confronted him an altercation broke out and an exchange of gunfire followed. Hampton suffered a fatal wound and was taken to UAB Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

Birmingham police detained two men who had been involved in the confrontation for questioning. After investigators reviewed the evidence and the Jefferson County District Attorney’s Office evaluated the case, authorities determined Hampton had fired first and ruled his death a justifiable homicide; no criminal charges were filed against the other men. Hampton was a husband and the father of two daughters, serving in the Army since October 6, 2015, and raised in the Birmingham School System.

Are there witnesses who recall seeing Hampton in the 7700 block of 6th Avenue South that afternoon or who can shed light on what led to the confrontation?