A workplace dispute at a Smithfield community market in Birmingham, Alabama, ended in fatal violence on Wednesday, January 4, 2023. Cortez Dekelvin Ware, 37, a male employee, was shot during an altercation with a co-worker and was pronounced dead after officers from the Birmingham Police Department’s West Precinct arrived on scene.

Police took a male suspect, described as a co-worker, into custody and later charged him in connection with Ware’s death; the specific charges have not been publicly detailed. The shooting left the local community mourning.

If anyone worked with Cortez at that market or witnessed the incident or the events leading up to it, please come forward with what you know.