Authorities are asking for the public’s help solving the murder of a 64-year-old hospital worker who was killed outside her Birmingham apartment five years ago.

The deadly shooting happened Dec. 15, 2018, in Birmingham’s Southside. Killed was Elizabeth Peterson, known to her friends as Liz Sutherland.

Peterson had moved from Scotland to Birmingham two weeks earlier to start a better life for herself.

She worked at Children’s of Alabama and was attending graduate school to get a degree in social work.

It was about 10:30 p.m. that Saturday night when officers were dispatched to the 2100 block of 17th Avenue South.

Peterson had just gotten out of her vehicle at her apartment. Witnesses hear arguing, and then shots fired.

Peterson was pronounced dead on the scene.

“It is a terrible, terrible tragedy,’’ friend Squire Gwin said shortly after deadly shooting. “She was a bright light to everyone who knew her.”

“She was a joy to be around. She was infectious with her whole personality,’’ Gwin said. “Liz was just a very special person.”

No arrests have been made in Peterson’s slaying.

Anyone with information is asked to call Birmingham homicide detectives at 205-254-1764 or Crime Stoppers at 205-254-7777.