On the evening of Wednesday, March 19, 2025, 23-year-old Cedric Redd was shot on Colgin Street in Mobile, Alabama. Police were called about 6:28 p.m. to the 1500 block after Redd had already been taken by a personal vehicle to a local hospital. He died of a gunshot wound shortly after arrival.

An arrest followed in the days after the shooting. Twenty-four-year-old Dequan Thomas was taken into custody and booked at the Metro Jail. Investigators treated the case as a homicide initially but later charged Thomas with manslaughter, alleging the act was reckless rather than intentional. Thomas was awaiting a bond hearing.

Anyone with information that could help the Mobile Police Department’s investigation is asked to come forward.