On the evening of January 14, 2017, Nicholas Bell, a 24-year-old Black man who lived in Selma, Alabama, was found inside a vehicle, having been fatally shot. An obituary published shortly afterward confirmed his death. The Selma Police Department opened a homicide investigation, but details about the events leading up to the shooting were not made public and no suspects or persons of interest were identified in releases tied to the case.

News of arrests or major investigative breakthroughs has not been publicly announced, and Bell’s name appears on lists of unsolved homicides in Selma. His family and community were left seeking answers after a sudden, violent loss. If anyone has information about Nicholas Bell’s death or saw anything in Selma on or around January 14, 2017, please come forward.