Frederick Buchanan, a 25-year-old Black man, was found with a fatal gunshot wound outside a residence in the Quail Run East subdivision in Mobile, Alabama, on August 24, 2025. Mobile Police Department officers responded about 10:00 a.m. that Sunday and Buchanan was pronounced dead at the scene.

Investigators determined Buchanan had been involved in an altercation that escalated to the shooting. A male suspect known to Buchanan was still at the location when officers arrived and was detained for questioning. Police later said a suspect had been identified and questioned but no arrest was made at the scene, and the case was turned over to the Mobile County District Attorney’s Office for further review.

No name for the suspect has been released, and there have been no public announcements about arrests, charges, or a trial. If anyone has information about Buchanan, the altercation that led to his death, or the events in Quail Run East on August 24, 2025, please come forward.