Thomas Lee Bailey, 31, was fatally shot while sitting in a vehicle in the 100 block of 4th Avenue North in Birmingham on January 15, 2023. The shooting occurred about 2:20 a.m.; an off-duty Birmingham police officer who heard gunfire went to investigate and found Bailey and an adult female inside the vehicle with gunshot wounds. Bailey was pronounced dead at the scene. The female passenger was taken to a local hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

At the time of initial reports, police had not released information about a suspect or a motive. The Birmingham Police Department and Crime Stoppers asked the public for help, and later searches have not produced any reported arrests or identified suspects in Bailey’s death. If anyone has information about what happened that morning or knew Bailey, please share what you know with investigators.