Mauryce Santel Knox Jr was 18 when he was found with a fatal gunshot wound inside a vehicle after an apparent traffic crash in Bessemer, Alabama. Police responded to the scene on September 29, 2023; emergency responders attended but Knox could not be saved. What first appeared to be a car accident was soon treated as a homicide once officers determined a shooting had occurred before the crash.

Few factual details about what led to the shooting have been released. Authorities have not disclosed a motive or whether Knox was specifically targeted, and by late 2023 no suspects or arrests had been announced. Funeral services were held as friends and family mourned the young man in the days after his death.

If anyone has information about events in Bessemer on September 29, 2023, or knew Mauryce Santel Knox Jr, please come forward and share what you know.