On the Fourth of July in 2024, Dietrich Lamont Boone Sr., a 45-year-old Black / African American man, was killed in a brazen shootout in a downtown Birmingham, Alabama intersection. The chaotic scene unfolded near a field where Boone was found shot, close to a car that had crashed into a power pole along 7th Avenue North in the Central City area. He was rushed to UAB Hospital, where he ultimately succumbed to his injuries.
Investigators at the scene recovered at least 50 shell casings, in
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