Jesse James Valone was found dead inside a silver Dodge pickup truck on 30th Street Southwest in Birmingham on Christmas Eve 2021. He was 29, Caucasian, originally from Greenville, South Carolina, and was discovered unresponsive around 11:55 a.m.; Birmingham Fire and Rescue pronounced him dead at the scene after what was later determined to be a fatal gunshot wound.

Officers had responded to a call about a suspicious vehicle and located Valone in the truck. The circumstances that led to the shooting and how the pickup came to be parked on that street were not clear in the initial investigation. The Birmingham Police Department’s Homicide Unit has not publicly identified any suspects or a motive, and the case remains unsolved and active.

Does anyone who was in that neighborhood on December 24, 2021, or who knew Valone have information that could help investigators?