Kevin Lemond Devose

Kevin Lemond Devose, 47, a Black male from Birmingham, was killed late on the night of August 25, 2021, after walking into the Smart Food Mart at 900 20th Street in Ensley. Police were called just before 10 p.m. and found him inside the store with a gunshot wound to the head. Early reports said the violence grew out of an altercation between two people at the business, and one account described it as a verbal dispute that suddenly turned deadly. In the first chaotic hours after the shooting, the ...