On the evening of April 24, 2022, 40-year-old Urian Dion Woods, a Black man, was shot in downtown Birmingham. Initial calls sent police to the 2300 block of 7th Avenue North just after 6 p.m., and investigators say Woods was struck there, ran toward Guglielmo Marconi Park in the 600 block of 25th Street North, and collapsed. Birmingham Fire and Rescue transported him to UAB Hospital, where he died of his injuries.

Detectives treated the street and the park as linked scenes, tracing where the shots were fired, where Woods tried to escape, and where he fell. A suspect was detained and questioned; reporting identified 26-year-old Dmarcco Montez Harris as a person of interest who was already in the county jail on separate alleged shooting charges. A murder charge was later filed against Harris in connection with Woods’ death, but prosecutors ultimately dismissed that charge, saying they lacked enough evidence to proceed.

If anyone has information about the shooting on 7th Avenue North or the path to Guglielmo Marconi Park that evening, please come forward.