Asia Monique Johnson was 25 when she was found unresponsive on the 7100 block of First Avenue North in Birmingham on the evening of Friday, September 30, 2022. Responding officers arrived about 7:46 p.m.; Birmingham Fire and Rescue personnel performed CPR but she was pronounced dead at the scene.

An autopsy by the Jefferson County Medical Examiner’s Office determined Johnson died from a fatal wound caused by a pellet gun, a finding the coroner described as an unusual cause of death in the county. Public reports do not say where on her body she was struck, how many wounds there were, or whether the shooting was intentional or accidental.

No arrests or publicly identified suspects have been announced and the case remains an unsolved homicide. If anyone has information about what happened that night, please come forward to assist the investigation.