Denzal Veron Moorer was 22 when he was fatally shot in Birmingham, Alabama, on the evening of Monday, February 20, 2017. Officers were called to the 800 block of Omega Street Southwest around 6 p.m. after reports of a person shot and found Moorer inside a vehicle with a gunshot wound. He was transported to UAB Hospital but was pronounced dead shortly after arrival; the Jefferson County Coroner’s Office later confirmed his identity.

Witness accounts indicate words were exchanged between Moorer and the occupant or occupants of another vehicle just before gunfire was heard, and that other vehicle left the scene at speed. No arrests have been publicly announced and the homicide investigation remains ongoing. If anyone has information about Moorer, the interaction on Omega Street that evening, or the vehicle that fled, please come forward.