A domestic dispute in the Gate City neighborhood of Birmingham, Alabama, turned fatal on February 6, 2015. During an argument between 29-year-old Raphael Roman and his girlfriend in the Marks Village public housing community, the girlfriend’s brother, 21-year-old Ronald Austin of Gardendale, arrived and became involved. Witnesses say Austin produced a firearm and shot Roman in the chest. Roman was found lying in the street by police and paramedics and was pronounced dead at the scene.

Ronald Austin was arrested and charged with murder and was jailed on a $60,000 bond; online Jefferson County Jail records indicate he was not in custody by the following Monday. At the time of his death, Roman was awaiting trial on unrelated kidnapping and assault charges and had been out on a $126,000 bond.

Does anyone in Gate City or Marks Village remember this incident or have information about what led up to the shooting?