On the night of August 9, 2025, gunfire broke out at a gathering in the 300 block of North 12th Court in Lanett, Alabama. Officers arriving about 10:30 p.m. found a large crowd and 31-year-old Alexander Latrez Stevenson, a Black/African American male, with a gunshot wound to his torso. He was taken to East Alabama Medical Center–Lanier and pronounced dead on Sunday, August 10, 2025.

Local and state investigators and forensic specialists launched an active homicide investigation. The Lanett Police Department urged anyone with information to contact authorities. No arrests have been publicly announced and no suspect has been named.

If anyone was at the gathering or has information about what happened that night, please contact the Lanett Police Department.