On the afternoon of Sunday, November 23, 2025, Birmingham police were called to the intersection of 17th Street Southwest and Laurel Avenue in the city�s Powderly neighborhood after a report of a person down in the roadway. Thomas Williams, a 64-year-old male whose race and ethnicity were not specified in public reports, was found unresponsive suffering from at least one gunshot wound. First responders and the Jefferson County Coroner�s Office pronounced him dead at the scene a short time later,
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