On the evening of August 7, 2023, 33-year-old D’Arcy Joseph of Hueytown was found dead of an apparent gunshot wound inside a vehicle in an alley off the 5000 block of 41st Way North in Birmingham. Officers from the Birmingham Police Department’s East Precinct arrived after reports of shots fired just after 8:00 p.m. and discovered the car riddled with bullets; Birmingham Fire and Rescue personnel pronounced Joseph deceased at the scene.

Police described the alleyway as a known gathering spot and opened a homicide investigation. Authorities are asking anyone with information to contact the Birmingham Police Department’s Homicide Unit or Crime Stoppers.

Did anyone in the area see or hear anything that night that could help investigators?