Morris Brown Scott, a 40-year-old Black man from Birmingham, Alabama, was shot and killed just after 12:20 a.m. on Sunday, August 20, 2023. Officers from the Birmingham Police Department’s North Precinct found Scott unresponsive outside an apartment in the 1700 block of 32nd Place North in the Norwood Bottoms neighborhood; he had sustained an apparent gunshot wound and was pronounced dead at the scene. A second adult male was found nearby suffering a gunshot wound and was taken to a local hospital with injuries described as not life-threatening.

Investigators say Scott and the other man were together when one or more unknown individuals opened fire. The Birmingham Police Department is treating the incident as a homicide and had not arrested any suspects in the immediate aftermath. Anyone with information is asked to contact the B.P.D. Homicide Unit or submit an anonymous tip through Crime Stoppers.

If anyone knew Morris Brown Scott or was in the Norwood Bottoms area that morning, please share what you remember with investigators.