A 40-year-old has been charged with felony murder in a deadly Birmingham shooting, even though he wasn’t the one who pulled the trigger.

Brandon Quartez Jemison is charged in the September shooting of Malike Williams, according to court records made public Monday. However, the two are believed to be related, and were in a confrontation with a third man.

Police previously said the third man fired the shots that killed Williams and he was justified in defending himself because Williams was the aggressor.

However, under Alabama’s accomplice liability, Jemison is being charged with the death of Williams. That law allows a person to be charged if they are participating in a felony crime that results in a death, whether or not that person actually pulled the trigger.

The shooting happened about 5 p.m. on Sept. 24 at Big Boy Convenience Store on Pearson Avenue.

Williams died en route to UAB Hospital.

Police at the time said the deadly shooting possibly stemmed from a dispute over a social media post.

Officer Truman Fitzgerald previously said that: One party had a gun, the second party had a gun, and one of those males fired shots.”

Jemison and Williams were the two men involved in the confrontation with the shooter, police said. Jemison fled the scene after Williams was shot.

Charging documents say Jemison caused the death of Williams by “participating in the attempted murder of” the intended victim, who was able to shoot first and kill Williams.

Jemison is also charged with attempted murder of the intended victim.

Jemison was booked into the Jefferson County Jail Friday. He remains held on bonds totaling $60,000.

Williams’ best friend, 34-year-old Damone Gardner, was shot to death less than four hours later, possibly during an argument over Williams’ killing.

No arrests have been made in Gardner’s death.