On a December morning in 2022 in Birmingham, Alabama, 12-year-old Audriana Pearson was killed while asleep in her home when a vehicle drove past and fired at least 17 bullets into the house. One bullet struck Audriana, a seventh-grade student at Erwin Middle School who was remembered by school officials as bright and well liked.

The Birmingham Police Department used its real-time crime center to identify a suspect vehicle. Officers pursued the vehicle for several miles and stopped it; three people were taken into custody for questioning. Two of those individuals were later identified as primary suspects and charged with capital murder: 19-year-old Ja’Von Eric Wilson and 18-year-old Jarei Lamar Vance, both from Birmingham. Wilson also faced a first-degree receiving stolen property charge. Both were booked into the Jefferson County Jail and held without bond; the third person initially detained was released.

What information might help piece together why a vehicle would fire so many rounds into a residence that night?