Antonio Mathews, a 33-year-old Black man from Birmingham, was shot on September 12, 2015, near 119 Taft Court Way in the Loveman Village housing community and later died at UAB Hospital. Reports place the shooting around 1 p.m., describing the incident as a gunfight in which Mathews was wounded and a family member drove him to the hospital rather than officers finding him at the scene. When police arrived they were still trying to determine exactly where the shooting had occurred and how the violence unfolded.

The killing added to Birmingham’s homicide total that year and took place in a neighborhood where residents knew one another, turning an ordinary Saturday afternoon into a tragic and chaotic event for family and neighbors. Funeral services were scheduled in Birmingham with burial at Elmwood Cemetery.

If anyone knew Antonio, witnessed the shooting, or has information that could help explain what happened that afternoon, please share what is known.