DeForest Chanier Kines Jr was 28 when he and 30-year-old Cardarrius Bryant of Fultondale were found fatally shot inside a vehicle on the 500 block of Zinnia Lane in Birmingham on the morning of Thursday, July 13, 2023. Officers responding to a shots-fired call discovered the car riddled with bullets; both men were unresponsive and pronounced dead at the scene by Birmingham Fire and Rescue personnel.

The Birmingham Police Department’s Homicide Unit is treating the incident as a double homicide. Details about what led to the shooting remain limited, no arrests have been announced, and investigators have described the case as going cold. Law enforcement has asked the public to come forward with any information that might help the investigation.

If anyone has information about Kines, Bryant, or the events on Zinnia Lane that morning, please contact the Birmingham Police Department.