On the morning of October 14, 2018, at about 9:20 a.m. in western Birmingham, Alabama, 37-year-old Demetrius Antwan Davis was fatally shot outside M & N Groceries at the corner of 24th Street and Pearson Avenue. He collapsed just feet from the store entrance and was pronounced dead at the scene. Investigators described the shooting as a targeted attack, saying it did not appear random, and noted at least two surveillance cameras pointed toward the location of the shooting.

A crowd of more than 100 people gathered at the scene, including Davis’s wife and son; tensions rose and several fights broke out before police cleared the area. Despite the public setting and witnesses, police have not publicly identified a suspect or a motive, and no arrests have been announced in the 2018 killing. Nearly five years later, Davis’s eldest son, Demetrius Antwan Davis Jr., was also shot and killed at a Birmingham gas station; an arrest was made in that later case, but the senior Davis’s murder remains unsolved.

If anyone remembers seeing activity near 24th Street and Pearson Avenue around 9:20 a.m. on October 14, 2018, or knows anything about who targeted him, please share what can help this investigation.