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Joe Albert Foster IV, a 21-year-old Black man from Birmingham, Alabama, was killed in a shooting that unfolded just after midnight at the Villas at Westridge apartment complex on Court R, in the Ensley area of the city. The call came in around 12:21 a.m. on Tuesday, July 28, 2020—an overnight moment that sat on the edge of July 27 and July 28—when residents reported the sharp crack of gunfire in the complex.

When Birmingham police officers arrived, they began checking the area and we ...Read More
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Victim Details

Joe Albert Foster

Male

Black / African American

Birmingham

AL

2020-07-27

21

Joe

Albert Foster

Yes

02/22/2026