Eddie Lee Jackson, identified in reports as Eddie Tillman Jackson Jr., was 43 when he was killed in a shootout the evening of August 24, 2020, in the Tom Brown Village housing community in Birmingham’s East Lake neighborhood. Officers responding to reports of a person shot found Jackson with gunshot wounds; emergency personnel treated him but his injuries proved fatal. The incident also wounded another person.

Birmingham police detectives investigated the chaotic scene. In the days after the shooting, authorities arrested a 37-year-old man in connection with the fatal shooting and jailed him on charges tied to the incident. Motive and the precise sequence of events leading to the exchange of gunfire remained under investigation.

If anyone witnessed the shooting in Tom Brown Village that night or has information about what led up to it, please share tips with investigators.