Eric Anthony Roney was 51 when he was killed by a stray bullet during a shootout on February 22, 2018, in the Bush Hills neighborhood of Birmingham. The exchange of gunfire between occupants of two vehicles in the 800 block of 4th Avenue West occurred in the late afternoon; emergency services arrived about 4:30 p.m. but Roney’s wound proved fatal and he was pronounced dead at the scene.

The Birmingham Police Department opened a homicide investigation and appealed to the public, but no arrests have been announced and the case remains unsolved. Family and friends remember Roney as a beloved man whose life was cut short by senseless violence.

If anyone has information about the shooting or the vehicles involved, please contact the Birmingham Police Department.