Leroy Earl Sumlin, a 45-year-old Black man, was killed in a late-night shooting on September 10, 2021, in the Elyton Village housing community of Birmingham, Alabama. Officers were sent shortly before 10:30 p.m. to the 200 block of 4th Court West after a report of a shooting. They found Sumlin slumped and unresponsive in the driver’s seat of a vehicle with gunshot wounds; he was pronounced dead at the scene.

Investigators said he appeared to have been shot while still inside the car, and the vehicle rolled forward afterward and struck a building. Police described the incident as a homicide investigation but released few immediate details while detectives worked to establish what happened and who was responsible. Funeral notices listed services in Birmingham and confirmed his death date as that Friday. No arrest had been announced and no suspect was publicly named.

If anyone in Elyton Village that night saw activity around the 200 block of 4th Court West or has information about Sumlin’s death, please contact the Birmingham Police Department’s Homicide Unit.