Ricky Parker was 58 when he was found fatally shot in the backyard of a residence in the Ensley neighborhood of Birmingham, Alabama. He was discovered on February 2, 2018; the death was ruled a gunshot wound and classified as a homicide.

Police opened an investigation but no suspects or arrests have been reported and the case remains unsolved. Family and friends held a funeral service for Parker on February 10, 2018, and he was buried in Zion Memorial Gardens. Little has been disclosed about a possible motive or the events that led to the shooting.

If anyone in Ensley that winter remembers seeing or hearing anything unusual around February 2, 2018, please come forward with information.