On the evening of April 27, 2022, gunfire on Bankhead Highway West in Birmingham left 22-year-old LeKameren Deru dead. Officers from the West Precinct found Deru inside a vehicle in the 900 block of the highway at about 10:20 PM; the car had sustained numerous bullet holes. Birmingham Fire and Rescue responders pronounced Deru deceased at the scene.

A second male occupant in the same vehicle suffered life-threatening injuries and was taken to UAB Hospital. Investigators say people in another vehicle fired into Deru’s car, and the barrage of bullets also struck other occupied vehicles nearby. The motive was not clear in the immediate aftermath, and the Birmingham Police Department announced the incident was being investigated as a homicide. No arrests or suspect identifications have been publicly announced.

Does anyone who was in the area that night or who has information about activity on Bankhead Highway West on April 27, 2022 have details to share?