Matthew Alexander Gelpin, 44, was shot and killed outside Bates Auto Sales in the 4300 block of Richard Arrington Jr. Boulevard in Birmingham on November 22, 2021. The shooting happened in the late afternoon, about 3:30 p.m., and police responding to the city’s gunfire detection system found Gelpin on the sidewalk with multiple gunshot wounds. Birmingham Fire and Rescue pronounced him dead at the scene at 3:58 p.m.

Officers detained another man who had been involved in the altercation with Gelpin for questioning. Detectives presented the investigation to the Jefferson County District Attorney’s Office, which reviewed the evidence and determined the shooting was justifiable, declining to file criminal charges against the shooter.

Are there witnesses who were near Bates Auto Sales that afternoon or anyone with information about the altercation?