A suspect has been charged in the September shooting death of a 26-year-old man in southwest Birmingham.

Deionya Saki Harley, 19, is charged with capital murder in the shooting death of Isaiah Tyson Anthony.

Anthony, who family said was expecting his first child in the coming months, was found unresponsive just after 5 p.m. Sept. 18, 2024, in the 1700 block of Laurel Avenue S.W.

Birmingham Fire and Rescue Service Pronounced him dead on the scene.

Police at the time said the preliminary investigation suggested the victim was involved in a verbal altercation with an unknown suspect before the fatal shots were fired.

The suspect was gone by the time officers got to the scene.

Authorities have not disclosed a motive or said why the charge is a capital crime.

Harley, of Birmingham, has been in the Jefferson County Jail since Feb. 2 on unrelated charges of attempted murder and first-degree robbery.

He is being held without bond.