Daniel Wideman was 19 when he was shot late on the night of June 17, 2016, on Avenue R in Birmingham’s Ensley neighborhood. Patrol officers responding to reports of gunfire found him down in the street with a gunshot wound; he was pronounced dead at the scene. Investigators early on described the shooting as personal rather than a random ambush, saying the shooter was not a stranger and linking the violence to behavior they believed was being promoted in the area.

An arrest followed relatively quickly: on July 4, 2016, Moses Siedlik was charged with capital murder and held without bond in the Jefferson County Jail. The prosecution’s case produced appellate litigation, including an Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals decision in 2019 and a 2021 Supreme Court of Alabama action that left the lower court’s ruling in place.

If anyone knew Daniel, was in Ensley on Avenue R that night, or has information about what led to the shooting, please share what is known.