Joshua Isaiah Carpenter, 26, was found shot to death inside an apartment complex in north Birmingham on February 21, 2022. The shooting happened just after 7 p.m. in the 1700 block of 33rd Street North; Birmingham Police Department North Precinct officers responded after reports of gunfire and discovered Carpenter deceased at the scene.

Initial details were limited and no one had been taken into custody. The Birmingham Police Department’s homicide unit opened an investigation and asked the public for information that could identify those responsible. Less than a year later the family suffered a second fatal shooting when Joshua’s brother Brandon was also killed, and their older brother Dimmitri publicly appealed for help in both unsolved cases.

Anyone with information about Joshua’s death is asked to contact the Birmingham Police Department’s homicide unit.