Tadarrien Jermaine Griffin was 22 when he was shot and killed on the evening of Wednesday, June 21, 2023. The shooting happened around 5:30 p.m. in the 100 block of 71st Street North in Birmingham; first responders found Griffin with a gunshot wound and he was pronounced dead shortly afterward.

Investigators identified a person of interest and that individual was taken into custody and held in the Jefferson County Jail on a 48-hour felony extension for murder while police built their case. Authorities later charged a juvenile whose name was not released with reckless manslaughter in connection with Griffin’s death.

The community lost a young man to street violence; if anyone saw or heard anything on 71st Street North that evening, or knew Griffin’s movements that day, please share information with investigators.