Torie Demarcus Bouyer, a 41-year-old Black man, was found shot inside a vehicle in the 800 block of 16th Street North in Bessemer, Alabama, on May 3, 2020. Officers responded to a call of a person down; EMS took Bouyer to UAB Hospital in Birmingham, where he died in the early hours of the next morning. The Jefferson County Coroner’s Office later confirmed his identity and cause of death.

Bessemer police opened a homicide investigation, but initial reports released few details about the circumstances, motive, or any persons of interest. His death was one of several homicides in Bessemer that year.

If anyone has information about Bouyer’s movements that night or saw activity in the 800 block of 16th Street North on May 3, 2020, please come forward.