Devante Kyshon Hinds, a 21-year-old Black man, was fatally shot on May 9, 2014, in the Walmart parking lot off Parkway East in Birmingham. The shooting occurred during an undercover Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office operation targeting a suspected heroin transaction. Law enforcement accounts say deputies moved in on the deal and Hinds allegedly tried to flee in his vehicle; a deputy reportedly fired after saying the car was driven toward an officer, and the shooting was described as self-defense.

The Jefferson County District Attorney’s Office opened a review to determine whether the deputy’s use of lethal force was justified. Hinds’s funeral was held May 17, 2014, at New Birth Birmingham. A local rapper later released a music video tribute to Hinds that authorities characterized as glorifying violence against police, and that video led to the rapper’s arrest.

Are there witnesses or additional details about the parking lot confrontation that could clarify what happened that day?