Joseph Baskins was 36 when he was shot and killed at the River Road Apartments in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. The shooting occurred on September 24, 2022, late on a Saturday; officers responding to a call for a shooting found Baskins fatally wounded and he was pronounced dead at the scene.

The Tuscaloosa Violent Crimes Unit took over the investigation. Authorities say claims of self-defense have been made and detectives identified and interviewed witnesses they believed were present. In the days after the shooting no arrests had been announced and investigators planned to present the evidence and testimony to a grand jury so it could decide whether charges were appropriate. The grand jury’s decision has not been released.

If anyone was at River Road Apartments that night or has information about what led to the shooting, please come forward.