It was one year ago today that Justin Hendrix was gunned down in broad daylight at a Homewood ATM, just moments after he left church.

Hendrix, 35, was shot more than a dozen times when a masked man opened fire on him at the stand-alone ATM at Wells Fargo on West Valley Avenue. The deadly shooting – which his mother believes was a revenge killing – remains unsolved.

His mother, Marcella Hendrix, on Monday released balloons at the ATM in his memory, standing where her son took his final breath.

“I just wanted to do something to honor his life,’’ Marcella said. “I didn’t want to sit back like it didn’t happen and it did happen.”

“My story still stands as it has from the beginning,’’ she said. “I want the killing to stop.”

Police said the incident happened at 12:43 p.m. that Sunday.

Sgt. John Carr said officers were dispatched to a report of shots fired with a person down at the ATM, which is across the street from the Homewood Police Department’s headquarter.

Police marked at least 10 shell casings in bank parking lot.

The ambush-style attack was captured on video.

The video showed a 2013 Volvo XC90 pull up behind Hendrix. A suspect exited the passenger side of the vehicle and opened fire on Hendrix.

The vehicle fled after the shooting.

Despite a clear partial image of the suspect’s face, no arrests have been made. Carr said Monday there are no new updates in the ongoing investigation.

The deadly shooting happened just 23 minutes after Justin walked out of True Love Church of Ensley, a service he attended religiously since being released from federal prison to home confinement less than two months prior to his dead.

The father of three, his mother said, said he likely knew his death was imminent.

“I think he knew he was going to die,’’ Marcella said. “He felt like he was going to die and the only way they were going to get him was when he was coming from church.”

Justin, affectionately known as Jelly Bug, was no stranger to the streets.

He had been in and out of prison over the past 15 years but seemed to finally be on the right path.

Federal court documents commended him for successfully completing drug treatment, a parenting class and classes to prepare him for jobs in HVAC or property management.

After a stint in a federal halfway house – the same one where a resident was gunned down when leaving the building in July – Justin was home on electronic monitoring. Not only had he gotten a job with a manufacturing company, but he had recently been promoted.

“I’m not one of those mamas that will say I had this perfect child. He had his flaws like all of us did, but as for him being a lowdown, murdering person, he wasn’t,’’ she said. “He was a good boy. He just got caught up in the streets early.”

“He was making peace,’’ Stevenson said. “He was doing what he was supposed to be doing.”

Justin twice been arrested for murder – in 2007 and 2015 – and both times the cases against him were dismissed.

In that latter case, Marcella said, the victim was a friend of his, but they always seemed to be “bumping heads.” The victim had shot at him before, and Hendrix warned him not to do it again or he would fight back,

Justin, however, was convicted of two counts of attempted murder for shooting two men on Feb. 8, 2007. He received two 20-year sentences with three to serve.

He was also convicted that same year of cocaine possession and sentenced to one year in the drug case.

Because he was a convicted felon, he was prohibited from carrying a gun. He continued to do so, his mother said, because he felt he had no choice.

“He had threats against his life, so he always had to a carry a gun,’’ Marcella said. “He had been walking around with the fear of somebody killing him for a long time.”

In 2017, Justin was indicted in federal court for being a felon in possession of a gun. He was sentenced to more than six years in federal prison and was nearing the end of his sentence, which allowed him to be on the home confinement program and work.

He applied for special passes to attend church and was tested weekly for drug and alcohol use, terms he had not violated since his release.

“Do I still think it’s a revenge killing? Yes’ Marcella said. “Do I know who it is? No and really at this point I don’t care because it’s in the hands of the Lord.”

“They know who did it. God knows who did it,’’ she said. “It’s out of my hands. It’s been out of my hands.”

“What bothers me is that you have family members, friends, associates that know who killed him but by that no-snitching policy, they won’t say nothing,’’ Marcella said. “That’s the part that bothers me the most – that the people that be around me and were around him know exactly who killed him and why they killed him, and they won’t say nothing.”

“I pray to God that don’t nobody else around me has to go through the same thing I did,’’ she said. “I do believe in karma, but am I wishing something bad on somebody? No.”

“But I know there’s a God,’’ Marcella said, “and I know he says vengeance is His.”

Anyone with information is asked to call Homewood detectives at 205-332-6200 or Crime Stoppers at 205-254-7777.