On September 8, 2018, in Birmingham, Alabama, 21-year-old Marqueze Green was found in a vehicle with a gunshot wound to the back. He was taken to a local hospital but died shortly after arrival. A second person in the car was shot in the arm and survived.

Authorities identified 21-year-old Terry Lee Skanes as a suspect and charged him with capital murder. Investigators said Green and the other occupant appeared to have been specifically targeted rather than being victims of a random act. The prosecution’s case later depended on two eyewitnesses.

At the June 2021 trial date both eyewitnesses failed to appear, including the state’s primary witness. With those key testimonies unavailable, the Jefferson County District Attorney’s Office dismissed the capital murder and attempted murder charges and Skanes was released; the dismissal was without prejudice.

Did anyone in Birmingham at the time see or hear anything that could help clarify what happened that night?