On February 8, 2007, 25-year-old Donald Allen Brookins was fatally shot during a midday gunfight at 2218 Avenue I in the Ensley neighborhood of Birmingham, Alabama. The incident was part of a series of homicides that year, contributing to the city's total of 94 homicides in 2007.
Following the shooting, Morris Thomas was convicted of Brookins' murder and received a life sentence. Another individual, Justin Hendrix, was also charged in connection with the case; however, the charge agains
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