Justin Deon Wade, a 22-year-old Black man, was killed in the early morning hours of August 19, 2021, on the 600 block of 10th Street West in the Titusville neighborhood of Birmingham. Police responding to reports of gunfire found Wade with multiple gunshot wounds; he was taken to a hospital and pronounced dead shortly after arrival.

Witnesses heard a series of gunshots but could offer little about a suspect or a motive, and early investigators treated the attack as targeted. The Birmingham Police Department reviewed surveillance footage and conducted witness interviews while Wade’s family and friends publicly urged anyone with information to come forward.

Eventually investigators identified a suspect. Devaunte Dewayne Hill, 21 at the time of the shooting, was indicted by a Jefferson County grand jury and charged with capital murder; he was booked into the Jefferson County Jail and held without bond. The specifics of how Hill was identified and the motive have not been released. If anyone knew Justin or has information about the shooting, please share what you can with the authorities.