On the night of October 8, 2023, in Birmingham, Alabama, 43-year-old Geremy Earl Picking was walking along Bessemer Road when he was struck in the roadway and pronounced dead at the scene. Early public reports identified him also as Geremy Earl Fantroy and Geremy Earl Fantroy Picking. The crash occurred just before midnight in the 1700 block of Bessemer Road as police moved to break up illegal street racing near the Birmingham Crossplex; multiple vehicles fled the area in the ensuing confusion.

Police later determined a red Chrysler 300 struck Picking as it sped away. Arrests announced days afterward named 20-year-old Malic Paradise as the suspected driver of the Chrysler, charged with manslaughter, leaving the scene of an accident with injury, and attempting to elude. Kijuntai Paradise, 23, was charged with hindering prosecution after authorities said he helped destroy evidence. Separately, officers investigated a yellow Kia Stinger they believed might have been stolen; Antonio Gonzales-Rebeles Jr., 22, was arrested in connection with that vehicle and charged with felony attempting to elude, reckless endangerment, and resisting arrest.

Investigators cited video evidence, recovered vehicles, and allegations of evidence destruction when tying the hit-and-run to exhibition driving and illegal street racing. Did anyone in the Birmingham area witness the crash or the vehicles leaving the scene that night?