Seventeen-year-old Caleb Witt was shot and killed in Birmingham’s Titusville community on the evening of Sunday, March 26, 2023. Officers from the West Precinct found him unresponsive in a front yard with an apparent gunshot wound; Birmingham Fire and Rescue Service pronounced him deceased at the scene.

Police investigators initially described the incident as a shootout. The Jefferson County District Attorney’s Office later reviewed the investigation and determined the other person involved acted in self-defense, ruling the killing justified and announcing no criminal charges would be filed. Caleb’s death was one of three teenage shooting fatalities in Birmingham during a single week that spring, deepening community grief over youth gun violence.

If anyone knew Caleb, witnessed the March 26 incident, or has information that wasn’t part of the official review, please share what is known.