Maurice Montrell Lewis, a 29-year-old Black man, was found with a gunshot wound on May 31, 2022, in the 1100 block of Center Street North in Birmingham. First responders took him to a local hospital, where he died of his injuries. The events leading to the shooting are not publicly known.

Lewis’s death occurred within an hour of another, unrelated shooting fatality in Birmingham. The Birmingham Police Department opened a homicide investigation but has not released details about the circumstances, motive, or any suspects, and no arrests have been announced. The investigation remains open.

If anyone has information about Maurice Montrell Lewis, his movements that evening, or the 1100 block of Center Street North on May 31, 2022, please come forward to investigators.