Denorris Rishard Barnes, 30, was shot and killed in the early morning hours of June 18, 2018, at a Marathon gas station on Bessemer Road in Birmingham, Alabama. He was changing a tire on a white F-150 with two other men when multiple gunshots rang out; witnesses said the shooting was unexpected. Birmingham Police and Fire and Rescue found Barnes unresponsive near the vehicle and he was pronounced dead at the scene.

The shooter or shooters fled before police arrived. Born May 21, 1988, Barnes was a Birmingham resident whose sudden death left family and friends grieving. The Birmingham Police Department continued to investigate and as of early 2022 had no one in custody and was asking the public for information.

If anyone has details about that night or saw activity around the Marathon station on June 18, 2018, please come forward.