Just after midnight on July 24, 2022, the noise of engines and speeding headlights drew a crowd to Bessemer Road near Avenue R on Birmingham’s west side. Kamari Deshaun Adams, a 14-year-old Black male, was on foot during what was described as an illegal street race when one of two racing vehicles struck him. The Jefferson County coroner reported he died around 12:30 a.m.

The collision has been characterized in early accounts as a pedestrian struck during the race, with the driver leaving the scene after the crash. Months later, investigators identified a suspect and the case moved into the courts; reporting said an arrest occurred earlier in 2023 and that indictments were returned by a Jefferson County grand jury in September 2023, with charges tied to manslaughter and leaving the scene of an accident involving injury or death.

Who knew Kamari or was in that area that night and can help fill in what happened?