Reginald Dewayne Tolbert, a 51-year-old male, tragically lost his life to gun violence on the evening of Thursday, October 12, 2023, in Birmingham, Alabama. The incident occurred in the 800 block of Third Avenue West in the city's Graymont neighborhood.
Responding to a ShotSpotter alert, Birmingham police officers arrived at the scene to find Tolbert unresponsive inside a vehicle.
He had sustained a gunshot wound, and despite the immediate response from Birmingham Fire and Rescue Service, he was pronounced dead at the location.
Initial investigations by the police suggest that the shooting may have stemmed from a domestic dispute. Following the incident, a teenage suspect was taken into custody and subsequently charged in connection with the fatal shooting.
