A 32-year-old man, Deon Williams, was fatally shot on Thursday, September 15, 2016, in a double shooting in Birmingham, Alabama. The incident also left a second man hospitalized.
The shooting occurred in the evening, and when authorities arrived at the scene, they found Williams and another victim suffering from gunshot wounds. Both men were transported to a local hospital, where Williams was pronounced dead.
In the course of the investigation, a suspect was identified.
Carlos Heard was later arrested and charged with murder in connection with the death of Deon Williams. The case then proceeded through the legal system. Further details regarding the motive for the shooting, the specifics of the investigation, and the outcome of the trial and any subsequent conviction or sentencing of Carlos Heard have not been made publicly available in the online sources. There was no information available regarding the victim's ethnicity.
