Dekova Jemille ’Doc’ Harris was 36 when he was found shot to death inside a residence in the Ensley neighborhood of Birmingham on April 25, 2014. Also killed that day was 27-year-old Sharday Ware; Ware’s seven-year-old daughter discovered the bodies. Authorities described both deaths as shootings.

Police arrested two suspects within a week: Dewayne Barnes, 20 at the time, and Jermaine Tolbert, each charged with two counts of capital murder. Investigators were told the killings were retaliatory—an informant said Harris was allegedly targeted as payback for the September killing of Nicholas Perez and that Barnes and Tolbert had been hired to carry out the attack. Tolbert went to trial in 2016 and was acquitted of the capital murder charges. Public reports did not provide a clear final outcome for Barnes.

Harris was married to Stephanie Harris and was the father of two daughters, Quanye’ and Kaiah; he graduated from Fairfield High School, attended Talladega College, and worked at Amico. Does anyone have information about the case or knew Harris or Ware that could help clarify what happened?