Nicholas Mitchell Norman was 19 when he was killed in Bessemer, Alabama, on November 28, 2023. The confrontation on Hearn Avenue began as a dispute between two men; during the fight Norman allegedly stabbed the other man. That man then shot and killed Norman. Officers who arrived described a scene indicating a brief but violent struggle, and the person who had been stabbed was taken to a local hospital.

The Bessemer Police Department opened an investigation and initially described the shooting as being investigated as possible self-defense, saying early evidence pointed toward a justifiable shooting because the shooter had been stabbed first. No identity for the shooter has been publicly released, and no arrests or charges have been reported.

Did anyone in Bessemer witness the altercation or see either man on Hearn Avenue that afternoon?