Nicholas Marquise Cunningham, 34, of Bessemer was shot and killed on November 12, 2021, at about 8:30 p.m. at 271 Woodward Estates in Lipscomb. The Jefferson County Coroner’s Office identified Cunningham, and police pronounced him dead at the scene after what officials described as a reported assault in an apartment area of western Jefferson County.

Local reporting places the fatal attack in Lipscomb while noting Cunningham’s Bessemer residence. Lipscomb police investigated the shooting with assistance from the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office, but reports do not explain what led to the assault, who confronted him, or any possible motive. Publicly accessible databases list the incident as a deadly gun violence case on that date in the Bessemer-Lipscomb area, and no named suspect, arrest, indictment, trial, or conviction tied to his death is recorded there.

If anyone has information about Cunningham, the location, or the events that night, please share details with the investigators handling the case.