Ayobiyi Abeni Cook, 29, was found fatally wounded by a single gunshot in her Forestdale, Alabama, home on Freemont Avenue on August 6, 2022. A registered nurse and mother known to friends as Yo-Yo, Cook died at the scene after what was first reported to investigators as a home invasion.

Early accounts to the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office came from her 12-year-old son, who said an intruder had entered the house and shot his mother. Investigators later found the physical evidence at the scene did not match a forced-entry narrative. During further questioning the boy recanted and said he had unintentionally discharged a firearm, striking his mother. The child’s father, a Birmingham police officer, was on duty when the shooting occurred.

Authorities classified the death as a tragic accident and referred the matter to Family Court. The family cooperated with investigators. If anyone knew Ayobiyi, her routines, or the household circumstances before August 6, 2022, please share what you remember.