Monica Lynn Nichols, a 59-year-old Black woman, was found dead inside her apartment at the Glenbrook at Oxmoor Valley complex in Birmingham after family requested a welfare check on May 2, 2023. Officers from the Birmingham Police Department’s South Precinct discovered her unresponsive around 1:00 PM; Birmingham Fire and Rescue pronounced her deceased at the scene. The Jefferson County Coroner determined the cause of death was a gunshot wound, and the case was officially classified as a homicide — the city’s 37th of the year.

No arrests had been announced in initial reports, and investigators were asking anyone with information to contact the Homicide Unit or Crime Stoppers. Funeral services were held May 20, 2023, at Woodland Park Church of Christ in Birmingham. If anyone knew Monica, saw anything unusual around the apartment complex that day, or has information that could help, please come forward.