On the night of Saturday, September 3, 2022, Marquse Terrail Yarbrough, 25, was fatally shot in Birmingham’s Elyton Village housing community. The shooting happened around 9:20 p.m. in the 100 block of 3rd Avenue West after ShotSpotter alerts detected more than thirty rounds fired. Yarbrough and 24-year-old Jamarcus Tolbert were found in the roadway with severe gunshot wounds; both later died at the hospital. Two other men were also wounded—one inside a nearby apartment and one who arrived at UAB Hospital by private vehicle—and survived with non-life-threatening injuries.

Investigators say a verbal altercation involving at least one of the victims preceded the shooting and that multiple suspects are believed to have exited a vehicle and opened fire. No arrests have been announced and the case remains open. Crime Stoppers of Metro Alabama is offering up to a $5,000 reward for tips leading to an arrest. If anyone has information about what happened that night, please share it with investigators.