Gregory Steele Jr. was 33 when he was shot in Bessemer, Alabama, in the hours around midnight as the weekend turned into Sunday, May 17, 2015. The shooting happened in a parking lot near the Highway 150 Plaza shopping center at Highway 150 and 9th Avenue. Officers arriving on scene found that Steele had already been rushed in a private vehicle to UAB Medical West; the coroner’s office later recorded his pronouncement of death at 1:05 a.m.

A funeral notice in Birmingham-area obituaries listed Steele’s date of death as May 16, 2015, a detail that does not neatly match the coroner-reported timeline around midnight. Early reporting said no arrests had been announced; a later incident database entry noted an adult suspect was arrested but provided no name, charges, or court outcome. The official resolution of the case remains unclear.

If anyone knew Gregory Steele or has information about the shooting that night, please share what can help advance the case.