On a summer evening in Birmingham, Alabama, the life of 28-year-old Eric Ashley Jr. of Hoover was violently cut short. It was around 5:20 p.m. on July 13, 2024, in the 1700 block of Indian Summer Drive, near the entrance to Echo Highlands Park, when a barrage of gunfire shattered the peace. Ashley, along with 28-year-old Arkia Berry of Center Point, and her 5-year-old son, Landon Brooks, were inside a blue sedan when they were ambushed.
The car, riddled with bullet holes, crashed into the
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