Sheldon Tron Watkins

On a cold January evening in Birmingham, Alabama, the life of Sheldon Tron Watkins, a 26-year-old male, was abruptly cut short. On January 29, 2018, Watkins, a father of two, was at a gas station in the western part of the city when a violent altercation ended in his death. Reports from that night indicate that he was tackled before being fatally shot, leaving a family to grapple with a sudden and devastating loss.

The incident drew the immediate attention of the Birmingham Police Departm ...

AL.com: Father of 2 tackled, fatally shot at west Birmingham gas station