In the early morning hours of January 14, 2022, 56-year-old Richard Lewis Spence Jr. was found in the roadway on the 1100 block of 24th Street North in Birmingham, Alabama, suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. Birmingham Fire and Rescue pronounced him dead at the scene. Officers from the West Precinct and Birmingham Police detectives determined the shooting followed an argument and began investigating the sequence of events that led to the fatal encounter.

Detectives identified a suspect and arrested Cortez Moore. After questioning, Moore was charged with capital murder and booked into the Jefferson County Jail without bond. The case then proceeded into the judicial system for prosecution.

If anyone has information about the argument, the night of January 14, 2022, or knew Richard Spence, please come forward and contact investigators.