John Christopher Taylor-Wilson, 20, was found shot to death on the side of the road in a grassy area off Eastern Valley Road at the entrance to a subdivision in the Bessemer area of Jefferson County. A passerby discovered his body on Saturday, January 8, 2022; an autopsy later confirmed he had been shot. The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office opened a homicide investigation but did not initially release details about suspects or motive.

At the time of his killing, Taylor-Wilson was out on bond facing a separate murder charge from May 2021, in which 21-year-old Tilo Moa died after a shooting in a fast-food parking lot in Hueytown and another person was injured. Authorities said Taylor-Wilson’s death occurred one day before another man’s body was found in a neighboring city, though the two incidents were not believed to be related.

No arrests or publicly named suspects have been reported in Taylor-Wilson’s homicide. Does anyone have information about his movements in early January 2022 or about the area off Eastern Valley Road?