Akera Harris, 27, was shot and killed in the early morning hours of Saturday, June 14, 2025, in the 1600 block of West Moulton Street in Decatur, Alabama. Police found her deceased at the scene from a gunshot wound after responding to reports of a shooting at about 3:20 a.m. She was a 2017 graduate of Decatur High School and a mother to a young daughter; family described her as loving and sweet.

Authorities quickly identified 32-year-old Ronald Bland as a suspect and obtained a murder warrant. He was detained by the Huntsville Police Department the same day, transferred to Decatur custody and booked into the Morgan County Jail. He was initially held without bond under Aniah’s Law, but later was granted a $50,000 bond with conditions including GPS monitoring and pre-trial supervision. Reports say Bland failed two drug tests and violated GPS rules while out on bond; he was subsequently fitted with a new monitor and released again. Witnesses reportedly saw Bland fire into a crowd outside a nightclub, while Bland’s family and friends maintain he did not have a gun and say Harris may have been shot protecting him. Bland told a family member he could not remember what happened.

Does anyone have information about the nightclub scene that morning or saw what happened on West Moulton Street?