On the afternoon of September 3, 2022, gunfire erupted on the 4200 block of Inglenook Street in Birmingham, Alabama. At about 1:45 p.m. a vehicle carrying 35-year-old Justin Jarell Taylor and 32-year-old Rodriquez Powell was struck by a sustained barrage of bullets; investigators recovered a large number of shell casings at the scene. Powell was pronounced dead at the scene; Taylor, who had been seated in the driver’s seat, was taken to UAB Hospital but later pronounced dead there.

Police believe another vehicle pulled alongside and someone inside fired more than twenty rounds before fleeing. Taylor and Powell were recorded as the city’s 99th and 100th homicide victims for the year.

If anyone saw the shooting or has information about vehicles or occupants near Inglenook Street that afternoon, please come forward to assist the investigation.