In the early morning hours of Friday, April 15, 2022, 25-year-old Mickey Collins of Birmingham was found unresponsive inside a vehicle on the 1700 block of Avenue D in the Ensley neighborhood after reports of a person shot. Officers from the West Precinct arrived just before 4 a.m.; Birmingham Fire and Rescue pronounced Collins dead at the scene from an apparent gunshot wound.

Investigators reported numerous spent shell casings in the roadway around the vehicle, a detail that points to a violent, sudden attack. The Birmingham Police Department’s Homicide Unit described the investigation as being in its early stages in April 2022. No suspects had been identified and no one was in custody.

Anyone with information is asked to contact the BPD Homicide Unit at 205-254-1764 or Crime Stoppers at 205-254-7777. Does anyone have information about Collins or that block of Avenue D in Ensley that could help the investigation?