Christopher Perry, a 33-year-old Black man, was shot and killed in Birmingham on July 23, 2017. The shooting occurred about 1:50 a.m. inside a home in the Powderly area, at a residence on the 2300 block of 17th Street West. Officers from Birmingham’s West Precinct responding to a report of a person shot found Perry on the floor with a gunshot wound.

Reports describe the house as a scene where drinking and drug use had been taking place that night, suggesting the violence unfolded during an incident that spun out of control before sunrise. In the days afterward, Birmingham police announced the arrest of 44-year-old Earl Parnell, who was charged with murder and booked into the Jefferson County Jail on a $75,000 bond.

If anyone knew Christopher Perry or has information about what happened that night, please share what is known with investigators.