Desanco Smith, 28, was shot in the predawn hours of Sunday, July 20, 2025, on the 3200 block of Meadow Lane in Montgomery, Alabama. Officers arrived about 1:40 a.m. and found Smith with a life-threatening gunshot wound. He was taken by EMS to a local hospital but died of his injuries.

The Montgomery Police Department has opened a homicide investigation. No suspects have been publicly identified and no arrests have been announced. The circumstances of the shooting remain under investigation.

If anyone has information about what happened on Meadow Lane that morning, please contact the Montgomery Police Department.