Javail Lamar Hodges, a 30-year-old Black male, was fatally shot on the evening of Thursday, April 21, 2022, in Bessemer, Alabama. Officers responded to the 400 block of 13th Street North after a report of a person shot and found Hodges with multiple gunshot wounds. He was taken to a nearby hospital but died of his injuries. The Bessemer Police Department opened a homicide investigation.

The investigation remains ongoing. If anyone has information about what happened on 13th Street North that night or knew Javail Lamar Hodges, please come forward to assist the investigation.