Martez Demon Brown, a 37-year-old Black man from Birmingham, Alabama, was shot and killed on July 28, 2022. The killing is described as part of a wider pattern of street violence in the city; weeks later investigators tied a drive-by shooting to retaliatory motives and that subsequent crime led to a separate conviction.

During the inquiry into Brown’s death, a name circulating on the street — Jack Lawrence Jackson — came up as a possible participant. Investigators were unable to develop corroborating evidence, and no charges were ever filed in connection with Brown’s murder. No other persons of interest have been publicly identified.

The case remains without an arrest or official resolution. If anyone knew Martez, saw activity in Birmingham around July 28, 2022, or has information about this shooting, please come forward.