Aaron Cortez Freeman was 26 when he was killed in a gunfight on the evening of April 7, 2009, in Birmingham’s Druid Hills neighborhood. The shooting occurred on the 1600 block of 21st Place North; Freeman was fatally shot and another person was injured during the exchange of gunfire and taken to UAB Hospital as a suspect in the incident.

Freeman had a prior murder conviction from 2001 for the killing of Heman Daniels III and served a five-year sentence before his 2006 release. He is survived by his mother, Mona Lynn Freeman; his father, Bryant Perry; two sisters; and a brother.

If anyone knew Aaron Freeman, witnessed the shooting on April 7, 2009, or has information about the events that night, please share what is known.