Rodriquez Dreke Jerrell Powell was 32 when he was shot and killed on September 3, 2022, in Birmingham, Alabama. Powell and his 35-year-old cousin, Justin Taylor, had been sitting in a Ford Mustang in the 4200 block of Inglenook Street after work at Brother’s Recycling and a trip to the mall. At about 1:45 p.m. a small sedan drove past and an occupant opened fire, firing more than twenty rounds into the parked Mustang.

Officers found both men with multiple gunshot wounds. Powell, in the passenger seat, was pronounced dead at the scene; Taylor, the driver, was taken to UAB Hospital with life-threatening injuries and was later pronounced dead. As of September 2023 the double homicide remained unsolved and no arrests had been announced. Powell’s mother lost her third son to violence in the city.

If anyone has information that could help identify who fired into the Mustang, please come forward to Birmingham Police.