On the night of November 12, 2024, 16-year-old Alexis Elizabeth Wise was found dead from gunshot wounds inside a vehicle stopped on the sidewalk of Princeton Avenue Southwest in Birmingham, Alabama. A passerby reported seeing a car with bullet holes moving slowly in reverse before it stopped near an abandoned house; when the passerby checked the vehicle around 10:30 p.m., both Alexis and 21-year-old Joshua Wayne Parsons were unresponsive and later pronounced dead at the scene.

Alexis, known as Lexie, was remembered by friends and family as cheerful and goofy, someone who loved music, working on cars, traveling, and animals, especially pit bulls. The Birmingham Police Department says the investigation is ongoing and that no arrests have been announced; the motive for the shooting remains unclear.

If anyone saw the vehicle on Princeton Avenue Southwest that night or has information about what led to this shooting, please contact the Birmingham Police Department.