Corey Kermaine Smith, 21, was killed in Birmingham’s West End on June 12, 2007. He was found in a yard in the 200 block of 23rd Street Southwest, just east of Village Creek near 23rd Street Southwest and Fulton Avenue Southwest, after nearby residents reported hearing gunfire. Authorities pronounced him dead at the scene that afternoon.

Reporting describes the shooting as erupting from an altercation with another man, suggesting the violence followed a short confrontation in public daylight in a residential area where people nearby heard the shots. Available online references consistently place the incident at those neighborhood landmarks but offer little beyond the immediate scene.

Does anyone who lived in West End in June 2007 or who knew Corey have information that could help clarify what happened?