Kirwin Keritius King was fatally shot in Birmingham, Alabama in the early hours of June 20, 2009. The 22-year-old Black man was struck at about 12:40 a.m. in the 2500 block of Tempest Drive and was taken by a private vehicle to Princeton Baptist Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead on arrival.

A lifelong Jefferson County resident, King graduated from West End High School in 2005 and was a senior at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa. He was active at South Elyton Baptist Church in the Youth Ministry, Choir, and Usher Ministry, and is remembered for his warm, welcoming smile. Officers found details of the shooting at the hospital, but the people who brought him there had already left the scene.

The Birmingham Police Department opened a homicide investigation and appealed to the public for information. No arrests have been announced and the case remains unsolved. Does anyone have information that could help bring justice for Kirwin?