De Ijiroa Yasmon Brown was 31 when he was shot and killed on the evening of Wednesday, February 8, 2017, on 30th Avenue North in Birmingham’s Norwood neighborhood. First responders found him wounded after gunfire in the area; he later died of his injuries and the Birmingham Police Department opened a homicide investigation.

No motive was disclosed and no suspect or suspects were immediately identified or taken into custody. The case remained an unsolved homicide, and investigators continued to seek information that might lead to an arrest.

If anyone witnessed the shooting on 30th Avenue North that night or has information about De Ijiroa Yasmon Brown’s death, please come forward to assist the investigation.