Hera Lorenzo Lyons, a 53-year-old Black man from Bessemer, Alabama, was found fatally shot inside his home on North 15th Street on December 19, 2023. Family members had become worried after they could not reach him by phone and discovered him during a visit that turned an ordinary December afternoon into a scene of grief and police tape.

Lyons’ death was followed by obituary notices and funeral services in Bessemer at the end of December 2023. As of the reports published at the time, authorities had opened a homicide investigation but had not publicly identified a suspect or announced any arrest. If anyone knew Hera, his routines, neighbors on North 15th Street, or saw anything on December 19, please share information that might help the investigation.