Deontre Gernond Turner was 25 when he was fatally shot on the evening of August 18, 2018, in a west Birmingham neighborhood. He was in his car on Pike Road near Court N when the shooting caused him to crash; officers arriving on scene found him inside the vehicle and he was pronounced dead shortly after 6:00 p.m. The Jefferson County Coroner’s Office later confirmed his identity.

Authorities opened a homicide investigation and asked the public for help identifying those responsible. There have been no public reports of arrests or identified suspects, and no information about later charges, trials, or convictions has been provided. The circumstances leading up to the shooting and any motive remain publicly unresolved.

If anyone has information about Turner’s death or remembers seeing activity on Pike Road and Court N that evening, please come forward to assist the ongoing inquiry.