Charles Edward Smith Jr., 25, was shot and killed shortly before 2:00 a.m. on Monday, December 26, 2022, in the 2700 block of Jefferson Avenue Southwest in Birmingham, Alabama. Birmingham officers found him at the scene with multiple gunshot wounds; Birmingham Fire and Rescue pronounced him dead. A woman and a teenager at the same apartment complex were wounded and taken to a hospital.

Smith, born September 12, 1997, in the Birmingham area, was from nearby Adamsville and was survived by his parents, Casemiea Jones and Charles Edward Smith Sr., along with family and friends who held funeral services in early January 2023.

Police arrested 21-year-old Alphonso David Lockhart III of Birmingham about 10:00 a.m. the same day and later charged him with one count of murder in Smith’s death and two counts of attempted murder for the other victims; bond amounts were set and the case is moving through the courts as of the arrest announcement.

If anyone witnessed the shooting or has information about the events that night, please come forward to assist the investigation.