Mikel JaDarius Pickens, a 19-year-old from Bessemer, Alabama, was shot on a Wednesday night and taken to UAB Hospital with critical injuries. He was pronounced dead on the morning of Thursday, January 28, 2021.

Local law enforcement opened a homicide investigation after the shooting. Reports did not provide a motive or a clear description of the events leading up to the attack, and the Bessemer Police Department had not identified any suspects in the immediate aftermath. Authorities asked the public for information that could help the investigation.

If anyone in Bessemer that night saw something or has information about Mikel JaDarius Pickens’s shooting, please share what you know with the Bessemer Police Department.