On July 13, 2023, 33-year-old Nicholas Marquis Johnson of Bessemer was shot and killed in the parking lot of the Vines at Hillside West Apartment Complex on Monte Sano Road in Birmingham. Officers found Johnson inside a vehicle about 9:20 p.m.; he was taken to UAB Hospital and later pronounced dead. His death became the city’s 67th homicide of 2023.

Police say Johnson was with 31-year-old Jameria Henley that evening and that an argument between them escalated into gunfire. Investigators allege the two were in the process of committing a burglary at one of the apartments when Henley fired the shots that struck Johnson. Henley was arrested and charged with murder under the felony murder rule and was booked into the Jefferson County Jail held without bond.

Funeral services for Johnson were held July 22, 2023, at Antioch Baptist Church in Bessemer, with interment at Cedar Hill Cemetery. Does anyone have information about Johnson, Henley, or the events at the Vines at Hillside West on July 13?