Reed Anderson Rigsby, 23, was found dead inside an Airbnb in the 4500 block of Sixth Avenue South in Birmingham on July 22, 2022. Officers from the South Precinct responded to a report of a person down around 2:40 p.m.; Birmingham Fire and Rescue pronounced him dead at the scene. An autopsy later determined he had been fatally shot and the Birmingham Police Department is investigating the death as a homicide.

Rigsby was living in Munford and working for a packaging company at the time; he had previously attended Auburn University. Investigators and his family say they do not know why he was at the Birmingham property, about an hour’s drive from his home. Nothing appears to have been stolen, though a distinctive Egyptian cartouche necklace bearing his father Randall’s name has not been recovered. No suspects or arrests have been publicly identified and Crime Stoppers is offering up to a $20,000 reward for information leading to an arrest.

If anyone was in or near the 4500 block of Sixth Avenue South on July 22, 2022, or has information about Rigsby’s visit to that Airbnb, please come forward.