On the night of May 1, 2017, gunfire cut short a gathering of gambling and drinking in Birmingham’s Norwood neighborhood. Joseph Smith, a 34-year-old African American man, was found outside a home on the 3300 block of 15th Court North with multiple gunshot wounds and was pronounced dead at the scene. Police initially treated the porch area as the scene, canvassing neighbors and seeking witnesses as homicide detectives investigated what sparked the fight that turned deadly.

A week after the shooting, Janorris Johnson was arrested and charged with murder. The case moved to trial, where prosecutors and defense offered sharply different accounts; the defense argued Johnson acted in self-defense. Who remembers that night on 15th Court North or has information that could help move this case forward?