Justin Devon Wade, 22, was fatally shot on the evening of Thursday, August 19, 2021, at an apartment complex on Valley Avenue in Birmingham, Alabama. Emergency responders treated him at the scene but he did not survive. His death was later announced by Davenport-Harris Funeral Home, Inc. in Birmingham. Wade was a graduate of Shades Valley High School and remembered by friends and family as full of life and deeply missed.

Details about the circumstances of the shooting, including any motive or whether he was the intended target, have not been released. No arrests or suspects have been publicly named in the homicide investigation. If anyone has information about what happened that night, please share what you know with investigators.