On the evening of May 31, 2023, 24-year-old Quindell Javon Rhodes of Birmingham was shot in the chest in the 500 block of Tupelo Way in Center Point at about 9:18 p.m. Jefferson County Sheriff’s deputies found Rhodes at the scene and he was taken to UAB Hospital, where he died of his injuries.

Investigators identified 23-year-old Carlos Dion Harper as the suspect; he was arrested and charged with capital murder in connection with Rhodes’ death. Harper also faces a second-degree assault charge for allegedly striking another person, Quintez Lamar Rhodes, with a pistol during the same incident. Detectives have said the motive remains under investigation.

If anyone in the Center Point area that night saw what happened or has information about the shooting, please come forward to investigators.