Christopher Lawson

Christopher Lawson was a 36-year-old Black man whose life was cut short on a Saturday evening in Birmingham, Alabama.

On February 2, 2019, emergency services responded to a report of a single-vehicle accident in the city’s East Lake neighborhood. At the scene, in the 7700 block of Second Avenue South, they found a car that had come to a stop after hitting a curb and a chain-link fence. Inside the vehicle, unresponsive in the driver’s seat, was Mr. Lawson.

Birmingham Police and Fire and Rescue personnel discovered that Mr. Lawson had sustained a gunshot wound. He was pronounced dead at the scene. The initial investigation suggested that the shooting had occurred at a different location and that Mr. Lawson had been attempting to drive away when he ultimately crashed his car.

While the circumstances leading up to the shooting were not immediately clear, the case is now considered solved. However, details regarding any suspects, arrests, charges, or the progression of a trial have not been made publicly available. The specifics of how the case was resolved remain undisclosed in public records.