Continaer Robinson Evans, 52, was fatally shot in Phenix City, Alabama, late on February 15, 2026. Officers were dispatched to the 100 block of 17th Avenue South and arrived about 10:50 p.m., finding Ms. Evans deceased from an apparent gunshot wound; the city’s first homicide of the year.

Police located a suspect, Willie James Davis Jr., at the scene and took him into custody without incident. The Criminal Investigations Division later charged Davis Jr. with Evans’s murder, and officials say the investigation remains ongoing. Friends and family remembered Evans as a sweet and beautiful person, and funeral services were scheduled at Pine Hill Missionary Baptist Church.

If anyone who knew Continaer Robinson Evans or who was in the area that night has information that could help, please share it with the Phenix City Police Department.