Justin Demorman Groom, a 32-year-old Black man from Homewood and father, was shot and killed in Bessemer, Alabama, on March 27, 2022. The shooting occurred about 2:20 p.m. in the parking lot of the Plush Bar and Grill in the 4000 block of Ninth Avenue North. First responders found Groom suffering from a gunshot wound and he was pronounced dead at the scene.

Bessemer police say the shooting began after a verbal dispute between Groom and another man escalated; both men reportedly drew firearms and a shootout followed. Within days authorities arrested 29-year-old Larry James Knight Jr., charging him with murder and booking him into the Jefferson County Jail on a $250,000 bond. As of March 2022 the case was moving through the judicial system.

Did anyone in the area see the confrontation in the Plush Bar and Grill parking lot on March 27, 2022?