On the evening of Monday, January 27, 2020, shots were reported in a South Birmingham neighborhood and officers found 23-year-old James Rashad Brown at 621 Goldwire Place with a gunshot wound. He was taken to UAB Hospital after emergency services arrived just after 9 p.m., but died of his injuries and was pronounced dead shortly after 2 a.m. the following day, Tuesday, January 28, 2020.

Within days of the shooting, investigators identified and arrested a person of interest. Marcus Earl Harris, a 21-year-old Birmingham resident, was taken into custody and later charged with manslaughter and receiving a stolen gun. He was transferred to the Jefferson County Jail to await further legal proceedings. The motive and the precise circumstances of the altercation that led to Brown’s death have not been made public.

Anyone who knew James Rashad Brown or who was in the area of 621 Goldwire Place on the night of January 27, 2020, is asked to come forward with information.