Victor Colin

Victor Colin, a 19-year-old Black male from Birmingham, Alabama, was killed in a predawn burst of gunfire on May 28, 2019, in the city’s Ensley area. The morning was already turning bright when police were drawn toward the 2500 block of Bush Boulevard by a ShotSpotter alert—an automated system that flags the sound of gunshots—sending officers to the scene around 6:29 a.m. Along the roadway they found Victor lying unresponsive, the violence of the moment already gone, leaving only the still ...