Demetrious Restee Williams, 36, of Fairfield, Alabama, was fatally shot on Saturday, November 18, 2023, in Birmingham’s Smithfield community. Officers were sent to the 100 block of Third Avenue West at about 10:40 p.m. after a report of a person shot. Williams was found unresponsive in the driver’s seat of a vehicle with an apparent gunshot wound and was pronounced dead at the scene by Birmingham Fire and Rescue Service personnel.

Authorities have not released details about what led to the shooting, whether there was a motive, or any information about possible suspects. The incident was one of three separate homicides in Birmingham that day, and the investigation into Williams’s death remains ongoing.

If anyone has information about Demetrious Williams or the circumstances of this shooting, please contact the Birmingham authorities with what you know.