Demarcus Lee Ferrell was 19 when he was killed in Birmingham, Alabama. On the evening of September 30, 2008, he left his family’s apartment in the Roebuck neighborhood with two acquaintances driving a white Crown Victoria. Reports say another vehicle pursued him that night and its occupants fired shots at his car.

Early the next morning, October 1, construction workers near the 41st Street exit on Interstate 65 North found Ferrell’s car off the road in tall weeds with the headlights still on. He had sustained multiple gunshot wounds and was pronounced dead at the scene. Ferrell, a 2007 Clay-Chalkville High School graduate who worked with his father at a car stereo business, had no criminal record. Nothing of value was taken, and his family suspected he may have been set up.

No arrests have been announced and the motive remains unclear. If anyone knew Demarcus, was with him that night, or saw the white Crown Victoria being followed, please come forward with information.