Jaqoin Carpenter, a 24-year-old Black man from Birmingham, Alabama, was shot on Tuesday, January 9, 2024. Around 1:15 p.m., officers from the Birmingham Police Department’s East Precinct responded to a ShotSpotter alert at 7701 5th Avenue North and were later told a person had been shot inside a vehicle in the 500 block of Oporto Madrid Boulevard North. Officers found Carpenter unresponsive inside a van with an apparent gunshot wound; Birmingham Fire and Rescue transported him to UAB Hospital with life-threatening injuries. He died there on Thursday, January 11, 2024.

The preliminary investigation indicates Carpenter was inside his vehicle at the intersection of 5th Avenue North and Oporto Madrid Boulevard North when another vehicle pulled alongside and an unknown suspect or suspects fired into his van before fleeing. No suspects have been identified and no arrests have been announced; the Homicide Unit is asking anyone with information to contact the Birmingham Police Department or Crime Stoppers.

Does anyone have information about this shooting or recall seeing related activity in that area on January 9?