On March 30, 2021, at approximately 1:30 p.m., 44-year-old Melvin Jamyl Williams was fatally shot in the 8400 block of Ciscero Davis Avenue in Leeds, Alabama. The Jefferson County Coroner/Medical Examiner's Office pronounced him dead at the scene at 1:49 p.m. The Leeds Police Department initiated an investigation into the incident. At the time, no arrests had been made, but authorities indicated that they did not believe there was an ongoing threat to the public.