Antonio Cortez Joiner, 27, a Black man from Birmingham, was killed in the early hours of April 25, 2016, after what began as a private party at the East Birmingham Lounge turned into a burst of gunfire and panic. Reports say the shooting started around 2:50 a.m. inside the club on Richard Arrington Jr. Boulevard North and then spilled outside, with more than three dozen shots fired in the chaos.
Joiner was struck multiple times and, in the desperate moments after the gunfire, made it to nearby Birmingham Fire Station No. 8, where he died. Another person was wounded in the same violence.
What emerges from the available online reporting is the picture of a night that unraveled quickly. A dispute during the gathering appears to have ignited the gunfire, turning a crowded social scene into a place of terror. Joiner’s death was one of Birmingham’s homicides for that year, and the basic facts of the case have remained consistent across the sources that are still accessible online: he was fatally shot during the altercation at the lounge, and the shooting scene stretched from inside the business to the area outside and nearby.
As for arrests or identified suspects, the online sources I found do not show that anyone was publicly arrested or charged in Joiner’s killing. The Bhamwiki homicide entry specifically notes no arrest in the case, and I did not find later reliable online reporting showing a suspect, prosecution, trial, or conviction tied to his death. His obituary confirms his death in Birmingham in late April 2016, but it does not add investigative detail beyond the loss itself.
