LaJarvis Holmes, a 30-year-old Black man from Birmingham, was killed on April 27, 2015, in the Powderly area of southwest Birmingham. The shooting was reported near Maple Avenue and 16th Way Southwest, close to his mother’s house, after a day that began with police breaking up a fight involving Holmes and his wife. Hours later the dispute escalated and ended in gunfire, with Holmes dying in the neighborhood where the confrontation occurred.

Investigators identified a male friend of Holmes’ wife as the person believed to have fired the shot. Both the wife and that friend were taken into custody soon after the killing but were later released, and the case was referred to a grand jury to consider whether the shooting was criminal or justified as self-defense.

If anyone knew LaJarvis Holmes, the people involved that day, or saw events near Maple Avenue and 16th Way Southwest on April 27, 2015, please share information with the authorities.