On the night of November 12, 2024, 21-year-old Joshua Wayne Parsons and his 16-year-old girlfriend, Alexis Elizabeth ’Lexie’ Wise, were found shot to death inside a car stopped on a sidewalk in the 1300 block of Princeton Avenue S.W., near an abandoned house in Birmingham, Alabama. A passerby reported seeing the vehicle moving slowly in reverse before it halted and alerted authorities after noticing multiple bullet holes. Birmingham police and Fire and Rescue crews pronounced both victims dead at 10:47 p.m.

The couple, both from Hueytown and described by friends and family as very much in love, had been dating about a year and were beginning to plan their lives together. Investigators say the gunshots may have been fired from inside the vehicle, though no witnesses reported hearing gunfire. No arrests have been announced and the Birmingham Police Department is asking anyone with information to come forward.

If anyone knew Joshua or Lexie, or saw the car on Princeton Avenue S.W. that evening, please share what was seen or heard with investigators.