Deputies from the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office responded to the 5000 block of Parkway Alley in Fairfield, Alabama, after calls reporting a person down at about 1:17 a.m. on Sunday, November 30, 2025. Officers and Fairfield Fire and Rescue found 29-year-old Ja’Oree Marquel Brown-Allen suffering from apparent gunshot wounds; he was pronounced dead at the scene.

Investigators say the shooting followed a verbal altercation between family members that escalated into violence. A 27-year-old woman, Alicia Brown, was taken into custody at the scene and initially detained while detectives continued the investigation. By the next day detectives had obtained an arrest warrant and charged Alicia Brown with murder; she was booked into the Jefferson County Jail to be held without bond pending further proceedings.

If anyone in Fairfield knew Ja’Oree Brown-Allen or has information about the events on Parkway Alley that morning, please share what you know with investigators.