On the afternoon of October 2, 2022, Malik Syrmone Shelton, 26, was shot and killed in the 200 block of 16th Street South near Railroad Park in Birmingham after a verbal dispute with an adult man and woman turned violent. Birmingham Police responded around 5:01 PM and found Shelton suffering from a gunshot wound; Birmingham Fire and Rescue Service attempted life-saving measures but he was pronounced dead at the scene.

The two people who had been walking in the area remained and cooperated with police, and an adult suspect was taken into custody in connection with the shooting. Shelton’s mother, Anequinetta Jackson, publicly lamented her son’s death and spoke out against the city’s violence; his killing was listed as Birmingham’s 107th homicide that year.

If anyone witnessed the dispute near Railroad Park that afternoon or has information about what happened, please share what is known.