Tariq Steward was 21 when he was found with a fatal gunshot wound in a car at a Town Creek, Alabama, gas station on the night of December 12, 2020. Two people who had been in the vehicle initially told investigators he had shot himself, and the death was first considered a suicide.

An autopsy later showed Steward, who was right-handed, had been shot on the left side of his head. That detail contradicted the initial account and prompted authorities to reclassify the death as a homicide. The Lawrence County Sheriff’s Office investigated surveillance footage and enlisted FBI assistance; Governor Kay Ivey authorized a $5,000 reward for information leading to an arrest and conviction.

No arrests have been announced, no suspects have been publicly identified, and the identities of the two people who were in the car have not been released. Did anyone see or hear anything at the gas station that night, or know the people who were with Tariq?