Johnny Markie Lewis, a 34-year-old Black man born April 14, 1990, was found dead just after 6:30 a.m. on August 28, 2024, in the 2900 block of Avenue F in Birmingham’s Ensley area. Officers responding to a person-down call discovered him unresponsive; Birmingham Fire and Rescue pronounced him dead at the scene. The Jefferson County Coroner’s Office determined he had been shot, and police quickly classified the incident as a homicide.

Reports identified Lewis as connected to both Fairfield and Ensley; an obituary emphasized his ties to the Ensley community and named his parents Debra Lewis-Smith and Johnny Crockett.

Who in Ensley or Fairfield might have known Johnny Markie Lewis or seen something that morning?