Leremus Karzell Oden, a 41-year-old Black man, was fatally shot in his Bessemer, Alabama, home in the early morning hours of December 9, 2021. The Jefferson County Coroner’s Office determined the cause of death was a gunshot wound, and he was pronounced dead at the scene in the 500 block of 12th Street North. Authorities described the incident as a domestic altercation and the Bessemer Police Department opened a homicide investigation.

Oden’s death was recorded as the 200th homicide in Jefferson County for 2021. He is remembered by family as a loving father, son, brother, uncle, and cousin, and funeral services were held at Faith Memorial’s Bessemer Chapel.

If anyone has information about what happened that morning or knew Leremus, please come forward to assist the ongoing investigation.