On the afternoon of December 14, 2021, two brothers were killed in Birmingham. Twenty-three-year-old Lorenzo Woods was shot outside a Shell gas station on East Lake Boulevard; first responders transported him to a nearby hospital, but his wounds were fatal. Investigators then found his 22-year-old brother, Courtney Woods, unresponsive in a grassy area near the station’s service road; Birmingham Fire and Rescue pronounced him dead at the scene.

The Birmingham Police Department’s initial investigation indicated the brothers were specifically targeted by an assailant or assailants. Police appealed to the public for information and asked anyone with knowledge to contact the B.P.D. Homicide Unit or Crime Stoppers. No arrests or suspect identifications have been publicly announced, and the killings remain unsolved.

Did anyone who knew Lorenzo or Courtney notice anything unusual around East Lake Boulevard that afternoon or have information that could help the investigation?