Kenneth Wayne Austin Jr., 26, was found unresponsive in the driver’s seat of a vehicle at the intersection of Inglenook Street and 43rd Avenue North in Birmingham on November 2, 2021. He had sustained a single gunshot wound; Birmingham Fire and Rescue Service responded and he was pronounced dead. The Jefferson County Coroner’s Office later confirmed his identity and the cause of death.

The Birmingham Police Department opened a homicide investigation, which was recorded as the city’s 101st homicide of 2021. In the immediate aftermath there was little public detail: no motive was released, no suspects were identified, and no arrests were announced. The investigation remained ongoing and Austin’s family and community were left seeking answers.

If anyone has information about Kenneth’s death or was in that area on the evening of November 2, 2021, please share what you know.