Cory Deonta Cox, also reported as Corey, was 21 when he was killed by gun violence in Birmingham, Alabama, on Wednesday, May 6, 2009. His family remembered him with a celebration of life on May 16, 2009, at Pleasant Grove Missionary Baptist Church in Fairfield, and he was interred at Zion Memorial Gardens. He was mourned by his wife, Shanika Cox; his mother, Glenda Thomas; and his sisters Jasmine and Briunna Martin, Kiana Grace, and Iris Coverson. He was preceded in death by his father, Kevin Thomas.

Did anyone in the Birmingham area have information about Cory, his life, or the events of May 6, 2009?