On a Tuesday afternoon in Birmingham, Alabama, 44-year-old Jerry Kennedy, a Black/African American man, was shot and killed after a dispute at a tire shop on October 2, 2018. Birmingham police report the confrontation involved another man, 48-year-old Lee Roy McCullough; the argument escalated and shots were fired. Kennedy was taken to a nearby hospital but died of his injuries.

McCullough fled the scene and investigators issued a capital murder warrant, with prosecutors alleging he had fired into a moving vehicle. On October 15, 2018, U.S. Marshals located and arrested McCullough in Gould, Arkansas; he was held pending extradition to Alabama to face the capital murder charge.

If anyone witnessed the shooting at the tire shop or has information about the moments leading up to it, please share what you know with the authorities.