A domestic dispute in a Birmingham home ended in fatal violence on the morning of October 9, 2022. Officers from the West Precinct were sent to a residence in the 2800 block of Avenue J shortly before 6 a.m. after a report of a person shot. They found 35-year-old Kenneth Dewayne Maddox Jr. unresponsive; Birmingham Fire and Rescue Service attempted lifesaving measures but he was pronounced dead at the scene.

The Jefferson County Coroner’s Office identified the victim, and Birmingham police treated the incident as a homicide.

If anyone has information about what happened in the 2800 block of Avenue J on October 9, 2022, please come forward.