A dispute at the intersection of 24th Street and Berkley Avenue in Bessemer, Alabama, turned deadly on May 6, 2022. Warren Oliver ’Berney’ Weatherspoon, 48, was shot during the argument and taken to UAB Hospital in Birmingham. He died of his injuries in the early morning of May 7, 2022.

Weatherspoon had moved to Bessemer from his hometown of York, Alabama. He was raised in Cuba, Alabama, and graduated from Sumter County High School. He was a father to three children: DeWarren and Trevez Weatherspoon, and Cerriunna Jackson.

A 17-year-old male fled the scene after the shooting but turned himself in to the Bessemer Police Department the next evening and was charged with murder and to be prosecuted as an adult. If anyone has information about the shooting or knew Warren, please share what you can with the Bessemer Police Department.