Kamaree Shondale Phillips, 17, was killed in east Birmingham on Saturday afternoon, April 1, 2023. The 11th grader at Clay-Chalkville High School was found outside a vehicle at the Magnolia Court Apartments on Westchester Court with an apparent gunshot wound after callers reported gunfire around 4 p.m. Birmingham Fire and Rescue took him to St. Vincent’s East, where he was pronounced dead. Investigators described the shooting as a quick, close-range incident in which someone approached the vehicle, opened fire and fled, and they publicly appealed for witnesses in the immediate aftermath.

A development came on May 2, 2023, when police executed a search warrant at an east Birmingham residence and arrested a 16-year-old on a capital murder charge tied to an alleged robbery; because of the age and the charge, authorities said the juvenile would be prosecuted in adult court and was held in the Jefferson County Jail without bond. Shortly afterward, police announced a second arrest: Jordan Watts, 18, of Birmingham, was also charged with capital murder and jailed without bond. If anyone at Magnolia Court Apartments that afternoon or with information about the shooting knows anything that could help, please come forward.